It was a rhetorical question but it got answered . At the head of our table , several stools away , was one of the instructor-corporals . He had finished eating and was smoking and picking his teeth , simultaneously ; he had evidently been listening . " Jenkins -- "
Это был риторический вопрос, но на него ответили. Во главе нашего стола, через несколько табуретов, сидел один из инструкторов-ефрейторов. Он поел и одновременно курил и ковырял в зубах; он явно слушал. «Дженкинс…»
