Bah! How infernally bitter this cognac is!
One more gulp, and my body and soul will have parted. I shall be at rest.
Ah, well! Here’s health to the cursed scoundrel who has wrecked my life. The glass is drained. The sediment was like gall.
How it burns!
I—I go. I trouble no one longer. Au revoir. Adieu!
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