It may have been that the bulk of the smith caught his eye, and that he acted in pure wantonness, or it may possibly have been an accident, but, as he swung past, the twenty-foot thong of the driver's whip hissed round, and we heard the sharp snap of it across Harrison's leather apron.
Peut-être que les vastes dimensions du forgeron attirèrent son attention, peut-être fut-ce simple hasard, mais comme il passait, la lanière du fouet de vingt pieds que tenait le conducteur siffla et nous l'entendîmes cingler d'un coup sec le tablier de cuir du forgeron.