During those two hours in Bolgarinov's waiting-room he had walked about boldly, smoothing his whiskers, entering into conversation with other applicants, inventing a joke to tell, of how he had waited at the Jew's, carefully concealing his feelings from others and even from himself.
No obstante, durante aquellas dos horas de espera, paseando animado por la sala o atusándose las patillas, o entablando conversación con otros solicitantes, Esteban Arkadievich había imaginado un ingenioso calembour a propósito de aquella espera en la casa de un judío. Esteban Arkadievich ocultaba a los demás a incluso a sí mismo el sentimiento que experimentaba.