It was one of those informal gatherings where tea and little cakes are handed round, but where it is possible to lose six thousand francs at whist in the course of a night.
Zeremoniarik gabeko afalondo horietako bat zen hura, non jendeek pastiza ttikiak jaten baitituzte, tea edaten baitute, baina sei mila libera ere gal baititzakete whistean.