Then Bert exclaimed, very loudly:
“What is this fearful thing I see?”
As he did so, Sam Todd lost his balance and fell out of the window. But that was not all! Just under the window was a big barrel of water, that had been used by masons when they had done some work on the school foundation.
With a splash and a cry of surprise, Sam Todd toppled into this barrel of water, his shout of alarm mingling with Bert’s dramatic demand to know what fearful thing it was that he saw.
“Oh, dear, look at that!”
“Sammie’s out of the window!”
“He’s in the water!”
“He’ll be drowned!”
“What was he doing anyway?”
And so the cries of the children ran on.