He pondered a good deal during the afternoon, and at one time it seemed to him that he had been eating nothing but boiled beef for weeks, and at other times it seemed that he must have been living on strawberries and cream for years.
Il eut matiere a réflexion durant tout l’apres-midi. Tantôt il lui semblait n’avoir rien mangé que du boeuf bouilli pendant des semaines, et a d’autres moments n’avoir subsisté que de fraises a la creme depuis des années.