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She took to visiting him at all hours: either early, to force him to eat breakfast—it was his habit not to eat until the evening, a custom that she termed “plain barbaric, and so bad for you,” and so under her tutelage he began to learn the mysteries of oatmeal and bran, and to consume, with his fresh coffee, at least one piece of daily matutinal fruit—or else in the steamy afternoon hours traditionally reserved for illicit love affairs.
Empezó a visitarlo a todas horas: temprano, para obligarlo a desayunar porque él tenía la costumbre de no comer nada hasta el crepúsculo, costumbre que ella había calificado de «claramente bárbara y tan mala para usted», de forma que, bajo su tutela, había comenzado a aprender los misterios de los copos de avena y el salvado, y a tomar diariamente, con su café recién hecho, una fruta matutina al menos, o bien en las tórridas horas de la tarde, tradicionalmente reservadas a los amores ilícitos.
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