He drank to drown care, as he would have himself expressed it: and he was infidel so far as he had never yet found any form of faith to which he could attach himself, heart and soul.

正如他自己表达的那样，他喝酒是为了淹没忧虑：就他而言，他是个异教徒，因为他还没有找到任何一种可以让他全心全意依附的信仰。