He rose from his seat, and walked to the window, apparently from not knowing what to do; took up a pair of scissors that lay there, and while spoiling both them and their sheath by cutting the latter to pieces as he spoke, said, in a hurried voice,
El se levantó de su asiento y se dirigió a la ventana, aparentemente sin saber qué hacer; tomó unas tijeras que se encontraban por allí, y mientras cortaba en pedacitos la funda en que se guardaban, arruinando así ambas cosas, dijo con tono apurado: