At the small tables which were arranged about the room some thirty customers were drinking English beer, porter, gin, and brandy; smoking, the while, long red clay pipes stuffed with little balls of opium mingled with essence of rose.
Los unos vaciaban pintas de cerveza inglesa, ale o porter, los otros, copas de licores alcohólicos, gin o brandy. Además, la mayor parte de ellos fumaba en largas pipas de barro colorado, llenas de bolitas de opio mezclado con esencia de rosa.