An dem mit einer Decke behangenen Tisch, wo Katawasow und Metrow Platz nahmen, saßen sechs Herren, von denen einer, sich tief über sein Manuskript beugend, etwas vorlas.
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.