Question

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.

Accepted Answer

Extendió la mano izquierda (llevaba la derecha, que era la amputada, en el bolsillo) como para cerciorarse de si había algo ante él. Pero los árboles estaban aún a varias yardas de distancia.

Back	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.
Front	Extendió la mano izquierda (llevaba la derecha, que era la amputada, en el bolsillo) como para cerciorarse de si había algo ante él. Pero los árboles estaban aún a varias yardas de distancia.

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