In the square a few villagers had put on their firemen's jackets and piled their arms ; stiff and stamping their feet with cold, they were listening to Boujardon, the corporal, losing himself in theory ...
Sur la place, plusieurs hommes du bourg avaient revêtu leurs vareuses de pompiers ; et, les faisceaux formés, transis et battant la semelle, ils écoutaient Boujardon, le brigadier, s’embrouiller dans la théorie…