An expression of boundless horror appeared on Lesio's face. He had a rough idea of what he had been doing all afternoon and evening, and suddenly he realised that here were the consequences. Hallucinations! Delirium tremens! And not some wretched mice, rabbits or bats, but a elephant straight away!... And what an elephant! A pink one!!!... Lesio closed his eyes for a long moment, then carefully opened them. The elephant was still standing there. Lesio repeated the operation with his eyes. "Begone with you," he said in horror, in a choked voice. "Shoo! Shoo!" In response to the incantation, something terrible happened.