He stretched his right hand (the left arm, the mutilated one, he kept hidden in his bosom); he seemed to wish by touch to gain an idea of what lay around him: he met but vacancy still; for the trees were some yards off where he stood.
Jobb kezét kinyújtotta (a csonka balt elrejtette kabátjában), tapintással akarta megtudni, mi van körülötte. De csak az ürességbe nyúlt, mert a fák még elég messze voltak tőle.