He had no consciousness of any means of locomotion.

He thought he was going to tell his wife at once his great good news; but when he saw her, speech suddenly fled, and all that he could do was to draw her closely to him with his left arm and hide his face.
"Why, Bertram, dearest, what--what is it ?" stammered the thoroughly frightened Billy.

"Has anything-happened ?" "No, no--yes--yes, everything has happened.

I mean, it's going to happen," choked the man.

"Billy, that old chap says that I'm going to have my arm again.