An elderly man sits in a pub on a summer Sunday afternoon. At another table, four middle-aged ladies play cards and sing to themselves in a low voice. The publican is scandalized by a young man who keeps ordering one beer after another just by waving his hand, and chain-smokes without for a moment taking his eyes off a book entitled When Wolves Howl. A bunch of football fans comes to brace themselves with a drink and the elderly man refuse their offer to join them at the stadium because he fears for his weak heart. An ex-football player arrives with a casserole of pickled cabbage and starts to chat about long forgotten sport stars. The young man pays his bill and infuriates the publican by using a three-crown paper note - a refused tip - to light up his cigarette. The man with the cabbage is mesmerised by an elegantly dressed woman taking a walk on the street in front of the pub. The gloomy return of the football fans shows the results of the game. The elderly man want to take his medicine but his arm drops and his eyes remain staring out into nowhere. The elegant woman walks across the field, and the man with the cabbage follows her, like hypnotized.

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