He sat waiting with his elbows on the table and his coat unbuttoned over a white waistcoat, and while waiting for the beefsteak he had ordered he looked at the pages of a French novel that lay on his plate.
Fehér mellénye fölött kigombolt kabátban, s mindkét kezével az asztalra könyökölve várta a megrendelt beefsteak-et, miközben a tányérján lévő franczia regénybe nézett.