Later on, it was sometimes hard to tell whether he was larking round or serious: as a narcoleptic, he would often lull journalists into a snooze and then snap to, razor-sharp, with the answer to their questions.

到了后来，有时分他是随便玩玩还是认真的：他常像一个嗜眠患者那样把记者昏昏欲睡，然后又突然清醒犀利地回答他们的问题。