For a moment he felt like a man who, receiving a blow from behind, angrily and revengefully turns round to find his assailant and realizes that he has accidentally knocked himself, that there is no one to be angry with and that he must endure and try to still the pain.
Experimentó al principio lo que un hombre que, sintiendo un violento golpe por detrás y volviéndose enojado y anheloso de venganza en busca del agresor, halla que él mismo se ha lastimado por descuido; no tiene contra quien volverse, y le es preciso calmarse y soportar el dolor.