But he trembled especially when he noticed that the sump beneath him, that pit ten metres deep. was filling; the water was already spurting through the floor and covering the metal plates. This showed that the pump was no longer sufficient to fight against the leaks.
Mais il trembla surtout, quand il s'aperçut que, sous lui, le puisard, le bougnou profond de dix metres, s'emplissait: déja, l'eau jaillissait du plancher, débordait sur les dalles de fonte; et c'était une preuve que la pompe ne suffisait plus a épuiser les fuites.