Seulement on ne distingue pas d’eau, on dirait de grandes fentes qui coupent si bien la ville en quartiers, qu’elle est comme une brioche dont les morceaux tiennent ensemble mais sont déjà découpés. →
Only, you cannot make out the water; you would say that there were great rifts in the town, slicing it up so neatly that it looks like a loaf of bread which still holds together after it has been cut up.