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.
Egyetlen perc vesztegetni való idő sem volt már, maga az ágynemű is lángot fogott. A mosdóhoz szaladtam, szerencsére a mosdótál is, a kancsó is tele volt vízzel.