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Older Waiter
Quote 4
"You talk like an old man yourself. He can buy a bottle and drink at home."
"It's not the same."
"No, it is not," agreed the waiter with a wife. He did not wish to be unjust. He was only in a hurry. (13)
Why should it be any different to drink alone in a well-lit café, or to drink alone at home? Even the impatient waiter agrees that these are two different things – drinking at the café means something much more, though what exactly that is, we're uncertain.