Consequently in a trice he would be there-quarrelling, and creating disturbances over the gaming-table (like all men of his type, he had a perfect passion for cards) yet playing neither a faultless nor an over-clean game, since he was both a blunderer and able to indulge in a large number of illicit cuts and other devices.
Haren usaimen zorrotzak makina bat verstara aditzen zuen non zegoen azokaren bat bere partida eta dantzaldiekin; hantxe azaltzen zen begien itxi-ireki batean, eta, bere moduko guztiak bezalaxe kartazale porrokatua izaki, eztabaidan eta zalapartaka aritzen zen mahai berdeen inguruan.