He stiffened himself upon the spout, pushed against the wall with both his knees, clung to a crevice in the stones with his hands, and succeeded in climbing back with one foot, perhaps; but this effort made the leaden beak on which he rested bend abruptly.
Il se roidit sur la gouttière, repoussa le mur de ses deux genoux, s’accrocha des mains à une fente des pierres, et parvint à regrimper d’un pied peut-être ; mais cette commotion fit ployer brusquement le bec de plomb sur lequel il s’appuyait.