Había sobre la cama una novela que debió leer antes de dormirse, una pipa en una silla adyacente, un vaso de agua posado sobre la mesita de noche, y en el antepecho de la ventana una menuda caja de pomada con dos píldoras dentro.
The man's novel, with which he had read himself to sleep was lying upon the bed, and his pipe was on a chair beside him. There was a glass of water on the table, and on the window-sill a small chip ointment box containing a couple of pills."