For him, it was the most natural thing in the world, under the circumstances, to call for something at the bar while his breakfast was preparing.

He felt better after taking a glass of brandy.
Ellis had finished his breakfast, and was standing at the bar with a second glass of liquor in his hand, when he was accosted in a familiar manner by the same individual who had lured Wilkinson to the gaming-table.
"Ah, my boy! how are you ?" said Carlton, grasping the hand of Ellis and shaking it heartily.
"Glad to see you, 'pon my word! Where do you keep yourself ?" "You'll generally find me at my store during business hours," replied Ellis.
"What do you call business hours ?" was asked by Carlton.
"From eight or nine in the morning until six or seven in the evening." "Yes--yes--yes! With you as with every other 'business' man I know.
Business every thing--living nothing.

You'll get rich, I suppose; but, by the time your sixty or a hundred thousand dollars are safely invested in real estate or good securities, health will have departed, never to return." "Not so bad as that, I presume," returned Ellis.
"How can it be otherwise?
The human body is not made of iron and steel; and, if it were, it would never stand the usage it receives from some men, you among the number.

For what are the pure air and bright sunshine made?
To be enjoyed only by the birds and beasts?
Man is surely entitled to his share; and if he neglects to take it, he does so to his own injury.

You don't look well.