midday
He could now buy books and did so . He was honest enough not to construe these efforts at climbing up as an ideal thirst for knowledge or a striving for the good of humanity . He simply read for his degree . But the meagre diet he had lived on in Upsala , his midday meals at 6 kronas , the milk and the bread had undermined his strength , and he was now in the pleasure-seeking period of youth . It was tedious at home , and in the afternoons he went to the café or the restaurant , where he met friends . Strong drinks invigorated him and he slept well after them . The desire for alcohol seems to appear regularly in each adolescent .