Although the young man was brave, as we know, he was terrified at that wild countenance, those terribly dilated pupils, those pale cheeks, and those bleeding lips. He recoiled to the other side of the room as he would have done from a serpent which was crawling toward him, and his sword coming in contact with his nervous hand, he drew it almost unconsciously from the scabbard.
Aunque el joven fuera valiente, como se sabe, quedó asustado por aquella cara alterada, aquellas pupilas horriblemente dilatadas, aquellas mejillas pálidas y aquellos labios sangrantes; retrocedió hasta quedar entre la cama y la pared, como habría hecho ante la proximidad de una serpiente que reptase hacia él, y al encontrar su espada bajo su mano mojada de sudor, la sacó de la funda.