"Drink down" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... were not pleasant tasks for the Commissaries of Police. They were made to drink down their shame in large draughts. Cavaignac, Leflo, Changarnier, Bedeau, and Lamoriciere did not spare them any more than Charras did. As he was leaving, General Cavaignac took some money with him. Before putting it in his pocket, he turned towards ...
— The History of a Crime - The Testimony of an Eye-Witness • Victor Hugo |
