But at the moment when both were going up the classroom about to end their job by sweeping the threshold, Meaulnes lowered his head, and without looking at our enemy said in a low voice : 'Your bandage is red with blood and your clothes are torn.'
Mais au moment où, remontant tous les deux vers le haut de la classe, ils allaient donner sur le seuil un dernier coup de balai, Meaulnes, baissant la tête, et, sans regarder notre ennemi, dit à mi-voix : – Votre bandeau est rouge de sang et vos habits sont déchirés.