When Alick had gone successfully through this test of steady-handed manliness, it was the turn of old Kester, at his right hand—and so on, till every man had drunk his initiatory pint under the stimulus of the chorus.

当阿利克成功地通过了这个稳健的男子气概的考验时，就轮到他右手边的老凯斯特了——依此类推，直到每个人都在合唱的刺激下喝完了他的入门品脱。