At the small tables which were arranged about the room some thirty customers were drinking English beer, porter, gin, and brandy; smoking, the while, long red clay pipes stuffed with little balls of opium mingled with essence of rose.
Sommigen dronken engelsch bier, ale of porter, anderen sterken drank, jenever of brandewijn. Bovendien rookten de meesten lange rood-aarden pijpen, die gestopt waren met balletjes opium en oranjebloesem.