And he would take the rule, and re-measure, and find that he wanted half thirty-one and three-eighths inches from the corner, and would try to do it in his head, and go mad.
Il s’emparait alors de la regle, mesurait de nouveau, pour finir par constater qu’il lui fallait prendre la moitié de soixante-quinze centimetres et trois huitiemes. Il se risquait a un calcul mental et devenait enragé.