Se arrojó sobre la carne fría y el pan que, después de la cena, aún restaban en la mesa de su huésped, y dio cuenta de ellos vorazmente. ––¿Cómo anda de ánimo Lucy? ––preguntó una vez satisfecha su hambre.
He flung himself upon the cold meat and bread which were still lying upon the table from his host's supper, and devoured it voraciously. "Does Lucy bear up well?" he asked, when he had satisfied his hunger.