It's put forth in a poetic manner. "Little did the stranger know that his own action put forth the steps that caused his pain. " put in simpler terms is: The stranger didn't know that the killing of Sir Bylon was the cause of the pain he was talking about earlier.
I hope that helps. My writing I try to make as poetic as I can, I think it gives more clor to the story.

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