Not a moment could be lost: the very sheets were kindling, I rushed to his basin and ewer; fortunately, one was wide and the other deep, and both were filled with water. I heaved them up, deluged the bed and its occupant, flew back to my own room, brought my own water-jug, baptized the couch afresh, and, by God's aid, succeeded in extinguishing the flames which were devouring it.
Je courus à son pot à l'eau et à son aiguière; heureusement que l'une était large, l'autre profond, et que tous deux étaient pleins d'eau; j'inondai le lit et celui qui l'occupait, puis j'allai dans ma chambre chercher d'autre eau; enfin je parvins à éteindre le feu.