Before setting out he refused his share of a loaf that had been given him the evening before, together with a bottle of gin; but he drank three little glasses, one after the other, saying that he wanted to keep out the cold; he even carried away a tinful.
Avant de partir, il refusa sa part d'un pain, qu'on lui avait donné la veille, avec une bouteille de genievre; mais il but coup sur coup trois petits verres, histoire simplement de combattre le froid; meme il en emporta une gourde pleine.