answer: he is sitting on a bed .
question: is the gentleman eating while in bed ?
answer: it hard to see what else is on the plate , but my guess is fish .
question: at the middle it looks like he is taking out a sandwich ( or white bread / cake ) , and picking up a plate with something else on it . ?
answer: he looks like he is pretending to read the book .
question: the end i see he has set some of the things down and is picking up a book . ?