cafe

Today the weather is good, sunshine and the village cafe is open, with tables and chairs on the terrace. It's 18.00hrs and Pierre has just finished work. He decides to have some time off with a drink in the café. As he takes a chair at an empty table, he greets the other people he knows with a handshake, with a soft voice he asks the barman for a "demi", a 1/2 pint glass of beer. The waiter serves the beer to Gilbert, who lays back in the chair and sips his drink, watching the cars and people walk by. A few metres away he notices an old friend heading…