As to the old one, I knew not what to do with him; he was so fierce I durst not go into the pit to him; that is to say, to bring him away alive, which was what I wanted.
Quant au vieux bouc, je n'en savais que faire: il était si farouche que je n'osais descendre dans sa fosse pour tâcher de l'emmener en vie, ce que pourtant je désirais beaucoup.