On drawing near, he perceived that it was nothing else than a wretched legless cripple in a bowl, who was hopping along on his two hands like a wounded field−spider which has but two legs left.
En s’en approchant, il vit que ce n’était rien autre chose qu’un misérable cul-de-jatte qui sautelait sur ses deux mains, comme un faucheux blessé qui n’a plus que deux pattes.