They were finishing the double slice of bread-and-butter, their briquet, and were about to drink the coffee from their tin, when they were disturbed by a noise coming from stalls in the distance.
Mais ils achevaient la double tartine de leur briquet, ils allaient boire une gorgée de café a leur gourde, lorsqu'une rumeur, venue des chantiers lointains, les inquiéta.