My head still ached and bled with the blow and fall I had received: no one had reproved John for wantonly striking me; and because I had turned against him to avert farther irrational violence, I was loaded with general opprobrium.
Mi cabeza sangraba aún del golpe que me asestara John, sin que nadie le hubiera reprendido a él por eso y, en cambio, mi reacción contra aquella violencia merecía la reprobación general.