The traveller now, stooping, felt his foot and leg, as if trying whether they were sound; apparently something ailed them, for he halted to the stile whence I had just risen, and sat down. I was in the mood for being useful, or at least officious, I think, for I now drew near him again.
El viajero entonces se palpó pies y piernas, como para cerciorarse de si se habían roto algo o no, y alguna novedad debió de encontrar, porque se acercó a la valla junto a la que yo estuviera sentada y se sentó, a su vez. Pensando que podría serle útil, me aproximé: