When I was alone at Tours after dinner a wild, inexplicable desire known only to young blood possessed me. I hired a horse and rode from Tours to Pont-de-Ruan in an hour and a quarter.

晚饭后，当我独自一人在图尔时，一种只有年轻的血统才知道的狂野的、莫名其妙的欲望占据了我。我雇了一匹马，从图尔骑了一个半钟头到鲁安桥。