Meaulnes, who had now entirely dropped out of all the games of his former comrades, had remained seated at his bench during the last recreation of the evening, busily sketching out a mysterious plan, following it with his finger and elaborately measuring it out on the atlas of the Cher.
Meaulnes, qui délaissait complètement tous les jeux de ses anciens camarades, était resté, durant la dernière récréation du soir, assis sur son banc, tout occupé à établir un mystérieux petit plan, en suivant du doigt, et en calculant longuement, sur l’atlas du Cher.