"I do not remember.

But is there none among you who has not secretly used profane words and, neither in secret nor openly, has repented?
I am charged with drinking.
On one day of my life I drank openly.

I did it because something in me kept crying out, 'Taste and see!' I tasted and saw, and know; and I know that oblivion, that brief pitiful respite from trouble, which this evil tincture gives.

I drank to know; and I found it lure me into a new careless joy.

The sun seemed brighter, men's faces seemed happier, the world sang about me, the blood ran swiftly, thoughts swarmed in my brain.