In bed at night, when he was as able-bodied as anyone, he would rehearse what his "drunken, drooling body" could do, and what it couldn't.

晚上躺在床头，与任何一个体格健全的人没有差别时，他会默诵这个“麻醉着且淌着口水的身体”所能给他的一切，而它所不能给的，他也想冲着“它们”排练一番。