Only in these continual shocks he came upon familiar images which seized on his audience by their energy; while his workman's gestures, his elbows in and then extended, with his fists thrust out, his jaw suddenly advanced as if to bite, had also an extraordinary effect on his mates.
Seulement, a ces heurts continuels, il rencontrait des images d'une énergie familiere, qui empoignaient son auditoire; tandis que ses gestes d'ouvrier au chantier, ses coudes rentrés, puis détendus et lançant les poings en avant, sa mâchoire brusquement avancée, comme pour mordre, avaient eux aussi une action extraordinaire sur les camarades.