"It's going to be a long, cold winter; don't you think so?"
"Yes, I dread it a good deal."
"It's a comfort, though, to know that you never will touch rum again."
"Yes, I am glad in my heart to-night that I am free from it. I shall never touch rum again."
When he said this he looked up at the other delegate, and they looked into each other's eyes earnestly, as though each would read the other's soul. Then the Huerferno man said: "In fact, I never did care much for rum."
Then there was a long pause.
Finally the Correjos man ventured: "Do you have to use an antidote to cure the thirst?"
"Yes, I've had to rely on that a good deal at first. Probably this vain yearning that I now feel in the pit of my bosom will disappear after awhile."
"Have you got any antidote with you?"