Tom es sentí ben d'hora torturat pel desig de beure i de renegar. El desig esdevingué tan intens, que solament l'esperança d'exhibir-se amb el seu cinyell vermell l'atura de retirar-se de l'orde.
Tom soon found himself tormented with a desire to drink and swear; the desire grew to be so intense that nothing but the hope of a chance to display himself in his red sash kept him from withdrawing from the order.