It was during the work-break, between noon and three, when all the personnel except Marcovaldo went home to eat, and he-who brought his lunch in his bag-laid his place among the packing-cases in the warehouse, chewed his snack, smoked a half-cigar, and wandered around, alone and idle, waiting for work to resume.
bera, ordea-bazkaria poltsa batean eramaten du-, almazeneko kaxen artean jarriko da bazkaltzen; bere jana mastekatu, toskano erdi bat erre, eta inguruetatik hasiko da ibiltzen, bakarrik eta zereginik gabe, lanera itzultzeko orduaren zain.