"The gentleman has had it for a long time. He stays up late all year round, his meals are irregular. I heard George Harrell say that it's not uncommon for him to go a whole day without eating when he's busy, and during social occasions, he keeps drinking one glass after another," said the speaker.
Someone of Leo Harrell's stature still needed to socialize.
But it seemed like Turner's mother knew exactly what she wanted to say, silently sighed, and placed a piece of stewed chicken, so tender it was falling apart, into Arthur's bowl, "The gentleman doesn't need to deal with it much, but he often drinks alone, glass after glass. It's one of his habits."
Others may not know, but Turner's mother, after being by Leo Harrell's side for so long, was certainly clear about it.