Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.
Había saboreado por primera vez el néctar de la venganza y me había parecido dulce y reanimador. Pero, después, aquel licor dejaba un regusto amargo, corrosivo, como si estuviera envenenado.