Mr. Jones is not that enthusiastic at his job.
"Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring."(p.1)
Mr. Jones is a careless farmer. Also he is a troublemaker and drinker.
"On Midsummer's Eve, which was a Saturday, Mr. Jones went into Willingdon and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back til midday on Sunday. ... ,so that when evening came the animals were still unfed." (p.11)
Mr. Jones is a heartless man.
"You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will cut your throat and boil you down for the foxhound." (p.5)
He often depends on drinking. "He had become much disheartened after losing money in a lawsuit, and had taken to drinking more than was good for him." (p.11)
Drinker, careless, trouble maker, heartless, unenthusiastic
