He was nice in his eating, uncertain in his hours; fond of his child, though affecting to slight it; and idled away the mornings at billiards, which ought to have been devoted to business.
Le gustaba una buena mesa, pero no solía llegar a la hora; quería a su hijo, pero fingía desdén; y haraganeaba en la mesa de billar durante las mañanas en vez de dedicarlas a los negocios.