Audiobook Dictation: “He was not especially hungry; but…”

He was not especially hungry; but in sipping the coffee and nibbling the cakes he passed the best part of an hour.

Não estava com muita fome; mas, bebericando o café e mordiscando os bolos, passou a maior parte de uma hora.

Talk about the Major's extravagance: it could not be compared to Uncle John's.

E falam da extravagância do Major: não se comparava à do tio John.

Another hour was spent in looking in at the shop windows.

Passou outra hora olhando vitrines.

Then, suddenly noting the time.

Então, de repente, reparou na hora.

Uncle John walked in, although the uniformed official at the door eyed him suspiciously.

O tio John entrou, embora o funcionário fardado da porta o olhasse com desconfiança.

"Mr. Marvin in?" he inquired, pleasantly.

«O Sr. Marvin está?», perguntou ele, amavelmente.

"Not arrived yet," said the official, who wore a big star upon his breast.

«Ainda não chegou», disse o funcionário, que usava uma grande estrela no peito.

"I'll wait," announced Uncle John, and sat down upon a leather-covered bench.

«Vou esperar», anunciou o tio John, e sentou-se num banco forrado de couro.