At the table covered with a cloth at which Katavasov and Metrov took their seats six men were sitting, and one of them, with his head bent close over a manuscript, was reading something.
A posztóval leterített asztal körül, a melynél Katavaszov és Metrov helyet foglaltak, hat ember ült, s közülök az egyik egészen közel hajolva a kézíratához, fölolvasott valamit.