A belated gig was coming at full gallop down the road which led from the south, and a few pedestrians were still trailing up from Crawley, but nowhere was there a sign of the missing man.
Un _gig_ attardé arrivait au grand galop sur la route venant du sud. Quelques piétons montaient encore péniblement de Crawley, mais on n'apercevait nulle part un indice de l'absent.