And in a second the crowd of sightseers had fallen back two hundred paces.

En une seconde le cordon de curieux s'élargit de deux cents mètres.

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La petite Roque

Maupassant, Guy de

Little Louise Roque

Maupassant, Guy de

All the shutters of the fourth-floor flat occupied by the Socialist deputy were closed, though every other window was wide open and crowded with surging sightseers.

Mais les persiennes du logement que le député socialiste occupait, au quatrième étage, étaient hermétiquement closes, tandis que, dans l’encadrement de toutes les autres fenêtres, grandes ouvertes, on voyait moutonner des têtes.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris

Les Trois Villes - Paris

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities - Paris

Zola, Emile

Some curious sightseers in the rear were bending forward to glance through the openings, and the instrumentalists of the Philharmonic Society was just finishing the overture to ' La Dame Blanche.'

Les curieux, derrière, se penchaient, pour voir entre les toiles. La Société philharmonique achevait l'ouverture de La Dame blanche.

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

The light that streamed from the six windows quite illuminated the Place de la Prefecture, where more than two thousand inquisitive sightseers had gathered together, straining their eyes in their eagerness to catch a glimpse of the dancers.

Le flamboiement des six fenêtres éclairait la place de la Préfecture, où plus de deux mille curieux se pressaient, les yeux en l'air, pour voir les danses.

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

Guillaume was just thinking of Victor Mathis, when he fancied that he saw him standing in the front row of sightseers whom the guards held in check.

Guillaume songeait à Victor Mathis, lorsqu’il crut le reconnaître, au premier rang, parmi les curieux que le cordon de gardes maintenait.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris

Les Trois Villes - Paris

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities - Paris

Zola, Emile

A thousand sightseers, middle-class folks and peasants whose curiosity had induced them to walk over, had taken up position in the shade on the right-hand side, where one of the hills rose up like an amphitheatre.

Un millier de curieux venus à pied, des bourgeois, des dames, des paysans du quartier, s'étageaient à droite, du côté de l'ombre, le long de l'amphithéâtre formé par un des coteaux.

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile