Behind the pikemen nearly three metres of the seam were clear, and they had not yet taken the precaution of supporting the rock, having grown careless of danger and miserly of their time.
Derriere les haveurs, pres de trois metres de la veine restaient vides, sans qu'ils eussent encore pris la précaution de soutenir la roche, insoucieux du danger et avares de leur temps.