Surely what this meant was that Machin had changed his mind about inflicting any actual — or quite possibly grievous — bodily harm on him?
कहिलेकाहीँ मानिसको व्यवहारमा परिवर्तन भइरहेको हुन्छ, तर उसलाई तनावमा भएकै कारण व्यवहारमा परिवर्तन भएको थाहा हुँदैन ।