Everything, however, was found in good order. The men had gone down; the cage was working, and he became reassured again, and was talking to the head captain when the approach of the strikers was announced to him.
Tout pourtant s'y trouvait en bon ordre, la descente avait eu lieu, l'extraction fonctionnait, et il se rassurait de nouveau, il causait avec le maître-porion, lorsqu'on lui avait signalé l'approche des grévistes.