Scattered about along the tables were some old men with side whiskers and others clean-shaven, who might have been old sailors. Dining near them other old men looked very much like the first: the same tanned faces, the same sharp eyes under bushy eyebrows, the same narrow ties like shoestrings.
Il y avait, épars le long des tables, quelques vieillards avec des favoris, et d’autres complètement rasés qui pouvaient être d’anciens marins.