The night passed well enough, but at dawn he found it difficult to do without his habitual glass of brandy.
All the morning he was uneasy and troubled; he went hither and thither without reason, and seemed not to know what he was about.
At one o'clock he laid down, fancying he would be calmer: he was really sick, but those about him could not induce him to drink. He said he could get on till evening: he wished to gain his bet, and it is probable also, that some military pride was mingled in the matter, which prevented him from yielding to pain.
He kept up until seven o'clock, but at half-after seven was very sick and soon died, without being able to swallow a glass of wine which was presented to him.
I was informed of all these details that very night, by the Sieur Schneider, the fifer of the hundred Swiss, in the house of whom I lived at Versailles.
CAUSES OF THIRST.
Many circumstances, either united or separate, contribute to thirst. We shall mention some which are not without influence on our habits.
Heat augments thirst. Whence comes the disposition men have always had to build their habitations near the sea.
Corporeal labor augments thirst. Persons who employ labourers, always gratify them by drink—hence the proverb that wine given them is always well sold.
Dancing increases thirst, and for this reason the ball-room is always supplied with invigorating drinks.