Erich Maria Remarque. Trophy Vandervelde (№ 198728)

Only now he saw, who defended. The excitement from the incident, which he felt, despite all his self-control, - and this alone is enough to cause tension, which turns the situation in the event, and overcoming it in the deepest of the satisfaction - mixed with the knowledge that due to the unexpected adventure he was alone with a perfect stranger on a tropical night, and turned into a mysterious fantastic temptation and intoxication which gave him the inner confidence needed to continue this adventure and bring it to the expressive power, which OLE Hansen once dubbed the "mad blood."