The Swede moved rapidly back toward a corner of the room. His hands were out protectingly in front of his chest, but he was making an apparent struggle to control his fright.

瑞典人迅速地向房间的一角走去，他的双手在胸前伸出来，保护着自己。但他显然在努力控制自己的恐惧。

He got to his knees in the sandy depression against the trunk of the bush where he had been sitting for nearly two hours and, his arms bent protectingly over his head, scrambled out into the open.

他在灌木树干上坐了将近两个小时的沙洼地跪下， 双臂弯曲，保护性地举过头顶，爬到空地上。