I really saw in him a tyrant, a murderer. I felt a drop or two of blood from my head trickle down my neck, and was sensible of somewhat pungent suffering: these sensations for the time predominated over fear, and I received him in frantic sort.
Je sentais de petites gouttes de sang descendre le long de ma tête et tomber dans mon cou, ma crainte s'était changée en rage; je ne puis dire au juste ce que je fis de mes mains, mais j'entendis John m'insulter et crier.