As he was a good deal bored at Yonville, where he was a clerk at the notary's, Monsieur Guillaumin, Monsieur Leon Dupuis (it was he who was the second habitue of the "Lion d'Or") frequently put back his dinner-hour in hope that some traveler might come to the inn, with whom he could chat in the evening.
Yonvillen, nonbait zen Guillaumin notarioaren urgazle, asper-asper egiten zenez, monsieur Leon Dupuis-k (bera zen Lion D'or-eko maizeneko bezeroetarik bigarrena) bere otordu garaia atzeratu egiten zuen, arratsa solasean iragaiteko aukerako bidaiariren bat ostatura helduko ote zen zain.