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Quote #7
I had never in my life been drunk (for fear that excessive drinking would shake the hand that painted the pictures that copped the three first prizes, etc. (77)
Jean is pretty conservative in his living, though, like here, he thinks about doing wild things like getting drunk. This is part of what he means when he compares himself to an "evil-minded monk" (68).