Obwohl er es geschafft hatte, gegen die qualvollen Schmerzen - wahrscheinlich weil sein Bein gebrochen war - in einer lokalen Apotheke Medikamente zu bekommen, hatte er weder Zeit noch Geld für einen Chirurgen.
Although he had managed to obtain medication from a local pharmacy for the agonizing pain – probably because his leg was broken – he could spare neither the time nor the money to see a surgeon.