Anna Godbersen: "Henry menggelengkan kepalanya, "Aku mabuk,"...

"Henry menggelengkan kepalanya, "Aku mabuk," katanya, berusaha terdengar malu dan teguh dalam keyakinan ini. Dia ingat insiden rumpun pohon mawar dengan sangat jelas, tentu saja, tetapi dia tahu bahwa menyelinap ke jendela kamar adik perempuan tunangannya bukanlah sesuatu yang ingin dia jelaskan kepada ayahnya. Kadang-kadang, pikir Henry, dibawa untuk mabuk terus-menerus adalah semacam kenyamanan."

--- Anna Godbersen

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Henry shook his head, 'I was drunk,' he said, trying to sound both ashamed and firm in this belief. He remembered the rosebush incident very clearly, of course, but he knew that sneaking into the bedroom window of his fiancee's little sister wasn't something he wanted to explain to his father. Sometimes, Henry reflected, being taken for a perpetual drunk was sort of convenient.