For an instant his eyes closed - not with pain or sleep but voluntarily, as though he were bringing all his faculties to bear; when he opened them he said, hurriedly, and with more energy than he had yet displayed: - "Quick, Doctor, quick.
На секунду его глаза закрылись - не от боли или сонливости, а по доброй воле, будто он хотел собрать свои мысли; когда он открыл глаза, то заговорил торопливо и более энергично, чем до сих пор: - Скорее, доктор, скорее!