He was a retired jeweller who had been led by an inordinate love ofseafaring and fishing to fly from the shop as soon as he had made enoughmoney to live in modest comfort on the interest of his savings.
C'était un ancien bijoutier parisien qu'un amour immodéré de lanavigation et de la pêche avait arraché au comptoir dès qu'il eut assezd'aisance pour vivre modestement de ses rentes.