He came and he went; he seized his head between both his hands; he pushed the chairs out of their places, he piled up his books; incredible as it may seem, he rattled his precious nodules of flints together; he sent a kick here, a thump there.
Iba y venía precipitadamente; se oprimía la cabeza entre las manos; echaba a rodar las sillas; amontonaba los libros: tiraba por alto, aunque en él parezca increíble, sus inestimables geodas: repartía a diestro y siniestro patadas y puñetazos.