He had always laughed at what he called my cock-and-bull story about the colonel, but he looked very scared and puzzled now that the same thing had come upon himself.
Annak idején, amikor az ezredes esetét elmeséltem, azt mondta, hogy dajkamese, és jót nevetett rajta, de most ő is nagyon megijedt, és meghökkent, hogy ugyanaz a dolog esik meg vele is.