Un crit de: -Ala, bretol!- i el patapam d'una ampolla buida contra el darrera del cobert de fusta de la seva tia el desvetllaren del tot, i al cap d'un minut estava abillat i fora de la finestra, i s'arrossegava per la teulada de la golfa a quatre grapes.
A cry of "Scat! you devil!" and the crash of an empty bottle against the back of his aunt's woodshed brought him wide awake, and a single minute later he was dressed and out of the window and creeping along the roof of the "ell" on all fours.