Was ihn betraf, so hatte er die Blokade noch niemals so vollständig gesehen; er hörte seinen Magen Generalmarsch schlagen, und er fand es recht dumm, daß sein böses Geschick seine Philosophie durch Hunger bedrängte.
As for himself, he had never seen the blockade so complete; he heard his stomach sounding a parley, and he considered it very much out of place that evil destiny should capture his philosophy by famine.