But there was no time for thinking now, as Melanie called for water, for a cold towel on her head, to be fanned, to have the flies brushed away from her face.
Но времени для раздумий не было: Мелани просила пить, просила сменить мокрое полотенце на лбу, помахать на нее, отогнать мух, садившихся на лицо.