He put down his legs, threw one of them over the other, and placing his arm across it felt its firm calf, where he had hurt it in the fall the day before, and then, throwing himself back, sighed deeply several times.
Tirò giù le gambe, mise l’una sul ginocchio dell’altra, e, presala in mano, tastò il polpaccio elastico della gamba ferita il giorno prima nella caduta, e, riversatosi all’indietro, respirò varie volte a pieni polmoni.