Hinter ihm, draußen auf dem Rasen, schichteten die Kellner die gebrauchten Teller. Wenn ihn einer seiner Nachbarn anredete, gab er ihm keine Antwort.
Behind him on the grass the servants were piling up the dirty plates, his neighbours were talking; he did not answer them; they filled his glass, and there was silence in his thoughts in spite of the growing noise.