He complained vehemently about being imprisoned in defiance of his civil rights, asked by virtue of which law he was hereby detained, invoked writs of habeas corpus, threatened to press charges against anyone holding him in illegal custody, ranted, gesticulated, shouted, and finally conveyed by an expressive gesture that we were dying of hunger.
Il se plaignit violemment d'être emprisonné au mépris du droit des gens, demanda en vertu de quelle loi on le retenait ainsi, invoqua l'_habeas corpus_, menaça de poursuivre ceux qui le séquestraient indûment, se démena, gesticula, cria, et finalement, il fit comprendre par un geste expressif que nous mourions de faim.