Then there was a wild yelp of agony and the poodle went sailing up the aisle; the yelps continued, and so did the dog; he crossed the house in front of the altar; he flew down the other aisle; he crossed before the doors; he clamored up the home-stretch; his anguish grew with his progress, till presently he was but a woolly comet moving in its orbit with the gleam and the speed of light.
Az ajtónál megfordult, az oltár felé száguldott, de rémülete minden ugrásnál nőttön-nőtt. Villámgyorsan vágtatott ide-oda, mint valami gyapjas üstökös.