For that matter, high-strung and finely sensitive, the ill treatment had flung him into a fever, which was fed by the inflammation of his parched and swollen throat and tongue.

饥肠辘辘他倒不在乎，但没有水喝却使他痛苦不堪，也把他的满腔怒火煽得更旺了。为此，他变得敏感易怒。虐待已经点燃了他的怒火，肿胀发干的喉咙和舌头又火烧火燎，恰似火上浇油。