"Well, old fellow, is the wine good?"
"Wine is always good."
"Have you had enough?"
"One can never have enough."
"Then God grant you plenty!—By the way, does the wind still blow through the crevices of the prison door at Arad?"
"It blows for him who lists to it. Let him who likes it not close his ears to it."
"Have many children been born to the governor of the jail lately?"[12]
[12] Whenever a new convict arrives at the jail, the governor is said to have another son born to him.—Jókai.
"Yes, lots have been born there—and christened too."[13]
[13] i.e., with stripes.—Jókai.