Retail dealers were already prowling about the auction pavilion; clerks were arriving with their ledgers, and consigners' agents, with leather bags slung over their shoulders, sat on overturned chairs by the salesmen's desks, waiting to receive their cash.
Bederatzi enkante postuen inguruan birsaltzaileak zebiltzan bueltaka ordurako; enplegatuak iristen ziren beren kontu liburuekin, eta merkantzi igorleen agenteak, larruzko zorroa lepotik zintzilik, dirua noiz jasoko zain zeuden, atzera botatako eserlekuetan jarrita, salmenta bulegoen ondo-ondoan.