I forget which was the first distemper I plunged into-some fearful, devastating scourge, I know-and, before I had glanced half down the list of " premonitory symptoms" , it was borne in upon me that I had fairly got it.

我记不得我第一个看到的是什么病了，只记得是一种可怕的致命恶疾。没等我把书上所列举的前期症状看完，我就意识到我已经得了这种病了。