There was a pregnant silence.
Fandor thought: "This grows interesting: it is quite on the cards that this tourist may be."...
"Ouf!" exclaimed the chauffeur, suddenly jumping up. "A stiff job this, Corporal! Will you be good enough to lend me a hand again?"
"Certainly."
"Oh, not just at once!... Let me rest a few moments! Doubled up as I have been, my back feels positively broken."
The stranger took a few steps along the road. He pointed to the horizon.
"One has a pretty view here!... You know this part of the country, Corporal?"
"So, so!... Fairly well."
"Ah! Then you can give me some information!... What is that other big chimney down there?... Do you see it?... Between those trees! Those two trees—there!"
"It is the chimney of the bell foundry."