He opened a door as he spoke, and looking in we saw a score of well- dressed men, some of whose faces had become familiar to me during my short West End career, seated round a table upon which stood a steaming soup-tureen filled with punch.
En disant ces mots, il ouvrit la porte. Nous y jetâmes un coup d'oeil et nous vîmes une vingtaine d'hommes bien mis, parmi lesquels je reconnus plusieurs figures qui m'étaient devenues familières pendant ma courte carrière au West- End.