The traveller now, stooping, felt his foot and leg, as if trying whether they were sound; apparently something ailed them, for he halted to the stile whence I had just risen, and sat down. I was in the mood for being useful, or at least officious, I think, for I now drew near him again.
Pare che quel giorno io fossi in vena di rendermi utile, o almeno di esser compiacente, perché, accostandomi di nuovo al viaggiatore, gli dissi: