Question: Only this time it would be an axe that would hit me instead of a club.
I would be hit by an axe this time instead of a club.

Answer: yes

Question: Just a few more words of Beware of spiky sea urchins when swimming off rocks.
Stepping on a spiky sea urchin will be very painful.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: Then I found that I'd forgotten the latch-key after all.
I left the latch-key in my car.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell