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"All that's nonsense," he said hopefully, "and there is nothing

in it all to worry about! It's simply physical derangement. Just

a glass of beer, a piece of dry bread--and in one moment the

brain is stronger, the mind is clearer and the will is firm!

Phew, how utterly petty it all is!"

But in spite of this scornful reflection, he was by now looking

cheerful as though he were suddenly set free from a terrible

burden: and he gazed round in a friendly way at the people in the

room. But even at that moment he had a dim foreboding that this

happier frame of mind was also not normal.