"Al- oof!" Someone shoved Jacques to the side in their hurry to leave and he nearly fell, with the unknown woman dragging him down. He managed to regain his balance as she began to limp. Jacques tried to barrel through the crowd, hampered by the fact that studying most of the day did not give one the physique necessary to shove through crowds.
People crammed through the exit, shrieking and shoving and getting nowhere. Jacques clung to the woman, half-dragging her through the frenzied bottleneck.