I stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless, meaningless existence, and spending such money as I had, considerably more freely than I ought.
Eg gisti eina tíð á einum privatum gistingarhúsi í Strand, livdi eitt lív uttan ugga ella ætlan og brúkti peningin, sum eg hevði, munandi meira oyðslut enn eg átti at gjørt.