He also felt along the sides of the pit with his hands to see if it were possible to get out of it without help, but he found they were quite smooth and afforded no hold anywhere, at which he was greatly distressed, especially when he heard how pathetically and dolefully Dapple was bemoaning himself, and no wonder he complained, nor was it from ill-temper, for in truth he was not in a very good case.
Tentó asimismo con las manos por las paredes de la sima, por ver si sería posible salir della sin ayuda de nadie; pero todas las halló rasas y sin asidero alguno, de lo que Sancho se congojó mucho, especialmente cuando oyó que el rucio se quejaba tierna y dolorosamente; y no era mucho, ni se lamentaba de vicio, que, a la verdad, no estaba muy bien parado.