From the old photograph I could easily imagine him as my mother described him-an lid peacock,twirling his moustache and giving the glad eye to pretty housemaids.

• 从那张旧照片里,我很容易想像我母亲所描述的他－一位很爱炫耀，捻弄着小胡子，向漂亮的女仆投以多情眼光的情场老手。