I almost regretted having uttered this last word, which dropped from me in an unguarded moment. The Professor bent his shaggy brows, and I feared I had seriously compromised my own safety.
Ce dernier mot, un peu hasardé, je regrettai presque de l'avoir prononcé; le professeur fronça son épais sourcil, et je craignais d'avoir compromis les suites de cette conversation.