A clean, well-lighted place,Hemingway
...ohol. Also, they knew that he was a very good client because he was rich man: "He has plenty of many." He was along among visitors of the café. When the old man called one of the waiters in order to get some drink the waiter began to indicate to the old man: "You'll be drunk." But, the old man said nothing to him. The waiter brought a bottle of brandy. Then, he poured one saucer full of brandy and said to the old man: "You should have killed yourself last week." Since the old man was deaf, he asked the waiter to get one more saucer of brandy. After that, the waiter took the bottle of brandy back inside the café and started talking to his colleague about the old man. They knew that the old man tried to commit a suicide, but two waiters did not know particularly why he did it. The old man's niece rescued him. The old man was neat. He never spilled any drop even if he were a drunk. When the old man asked one of the waiters to pour again one saucer of brandy, the waiter said to him: "Finished. No more tonight. Close now." Then the old man did not hesitate. He paid for the drinks and went away: "The old man stood...