As this was a time when everybody had his own life to think of, nobody minded me, or what was become of me; but another man stepped up to the pump, and thrusting me aside with his foot, let me lie, thinking I had been dead; and it was a great while before I came to myself.
En ese momento, cada cual velaba por su propia vida, de modo que nadie se preocupó por mí o por lo que pudiera pasarme. Un hombre se acercó a la bomba y apartándome con el pie, me dejó allí tendido, pensando que había muerto; y pasó un buen rato antes de que recuperara el sentido.