És possible que l'estómac intel·lectual de Tom no hagués mai experimentat veritable fam d'un d'aquests premis; pero tot son ésser, evidentment, s'havia delit molts de dies per la gloria i l'esclat que els voltava.
It is possible that Tom's mental stomach had never really hungered for one of those prizes, but unquestionably his entire being had for many a day longed for the glory and the eclat that came with it.