"He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been left there again".
«Hoy sí que le ha gustado», decía, cuando Gregorio había comido con abundancia, mientras que, en el caso contrario, que poco a poco se repetía con más frecuencia, solía decir casi con tristeza: «Hoy ha sobrado todo.»