He immediately, therefore, took to his heels and ran toward the camp, with the swiftness of the young men of his country, so renowned for their agility; but whatever might be his speed, the first who fired, having had time to reload, fired a second shot, and this time so well aimed that it struck his hat, and carried it ten paces from him.
Et aussitôt prenant ses jambes à son cou, il s'enfuit dans la direction du camp, avec la vitesse des gens de son pays si renommés pour leur agilité; mais, quelle que fût la rapidité de sa course, le premier qui avait tiré, ayant eu le temps de recharger son arme, lui tira un second coup si bien ajusté, cette fois, que la balle traversa son feutre et le fit voler à dix pas de lui.