He undressed his master to see if he was wounded, but not so much as a bruise was to be found, either on the head, body, or limbs, which was surprising, as he must have been dashed against the rocks; even the hands were uninjured, and it was difficult to explain how the engineer showed no traces of the efforts which he must have made to get out of reach of the breakers.
Ni la cabeza, ni el dorso, ni los miembros tenían contusiones ni desolladuras, cosa sorprendente, porque el cuerpo de Ciro Smith había debido ser arrastrado sobre las rocas; hasta las manos estaban intactas, y era difícil explicarse cómo el ingeniero no presentaba ninguna señal de los esfuerzos que había debido hacer para atravesar la línea de escollos.