Planchet and Fourreau, as pale as death, were trying to give him succor; but it was plain that all assistance was useless--all the features of the dying man were distorted with agony.
Planchet en Fourreau, bleek als lijken, waren bezig hem hulp te verleenen, maar het was blijkbaar, dat alle hulp vruchteloos was, het aangezicht van den stervende was door den doodsstrijd akelig misvormd.