It could not be said that it was wine which produced this sadness; for in truth he only drank to combat this sadness, which wine however, as we have said, rendered still darker.
On ne pouvait dire que ce fût le vin qui lui donnât cette tristesse, car au contraire il ne buvait que pour combattre cette tristesse, que ce remède, comme nous l'avons dit, rendait plus sombre encore.