A group had formed around the Levaque woman, who was shouting loudest of all, for her drunkard of a husband had not even turned up, and she knew that, large or small, the pay would melt away at the Volcan.
Un groupe se forma autour de la Levaque, qui criait le plus fort; car son soulard de mari n'avait pas meme reparu, elle devinait que, grosse ou petite, la paie allait se fondre au Volcan.