No less than five persons, during the forenoon, inquired for ginger-beer, or root-beer, or any drink of a similar brewage, and, obtaining nothing of the kind, went off in an exceedingly bad humor.

不少于五个人，在上午的时间里，询问姜汁汽水，或根汁啤酒，或任何类似酿造的饮料，但一无所获，心情极差地离开了。