The barman leant his fat red arms on the counter and talked of horses with an anaemic cabman, while a black-bearded man in grey snapped up biscuit and cheese, drank Burton, and conversed in American with a policeman off duty.
Tabernaria, bere beso lodi gorriak mostradore gainean jarrita, zaldiez ari zen gaixo itxurako gurdizain batekin; beste gizon bat, bizar-beltza eta grisez jantzia, gazta eta taloa janez eta Burton edanez, amerikanoz ari zen lanetik libre zegoen polizia batekin.