Like all convalescents, he was tremendously hungry, and the reporter allowed him to eat as much as he liked, for he trusted to that instinct, which is too often wanting in reasoning beings, to keep the orang from any excess.
Comme tous les convalescents, il fut alors pris d'une faim dévorante, et le reporter le laissa manger à sa fantaisie, car il se fiait à cet instinct qui manque trop souvent aux êtres raisonnants et qui devait préserver l'orang de tout excès.