The occurrences of the day must indeed have taken deep hold on the inmost soul of the pioneer; for he, the most sober of all the warriors of Rameses, to whom intoxication was unknown, and who avoided the banquets of his associates-now sat at the midnight hours, alone at his table, and Toped till his weary head grew heavy.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers