Most of my spare time I spent at the bar.

In my leisure moments I dirtied my clothes so that they might be washed at the laundry.
"As the result of my investigations I discovered that, so far as the two businesses themselves were concerned, there was not a pin to choose between them.

It became merely a question of which particular trade would best suit the Hacketts.
"I reflected.

The keeper of a bar was exposed to much temptation.

A weak-minded man, mingling continually in the company of topers, might possibly end by giving way to drink.