It was enough to make a man eat his heart out to have to stand the kick and the cuff of every petty jack-in-office, to have rice to eat and water to drink, when that gorgeous fortune was ready for him outside, just waiting to be picked up.
Het was voldoende om iemand razend te maken om stompen en stooten te verdragen van elken kwajongen in uniform, om rijst te eten en water te drinken te krijgen, terwijl die onmetelijke fortuin ginds op hem lag te wachten.