Dripping and exhausted—for I was far more spent than the child—I was making for my room when Sir John, who had heard the hubbub, opened the door of his little study and asked me what was the matter.
Змоклы і стомлены — бо я выдыхнуўся нашмат больш, чым малы, — я скіраваўся ў свой пакой, калі сэр Джон, пачуўшы шум, адчыніў дзверы свайго маленькага кабінета і спытаў, што здарылася.