The two waiters close up the cafe and the young waiter goes home to his wife and the old waiter goes to a bar. As the old waiter was closing he was saying the Lord's Prayer but was using the word "nada", which means nothing. He says the prayer like this maybe because he was angry that he was alone, angry because the cafe was closing, or angry because he was in despair. The old waiter has a cup of coffee and makes a comment to the bartender, "the light is very bright and pleasant but the bar is unpolished" (448). After he drank his cup he went home and was in bed and when the sunlight came he went to sleep.

he young waiter wants to go home to his wife and he is mad because he never gets to go home early, "I wish he would go home. I never get to bed before three o'clock"(446). The old man asked for another brandy and the young waiter said, "Finished". (447) The old man pays for his drinks and leaves the cafe. You can't tell that he is drunk because he doesn't stagger and he holds himself up well," a very old man walking unsteadily but with dignity" (447). The old waiter doesn't understand why the young waiter wouldn't serve the old man another brandy. The young waiter tells the old waiter, "I want to go home to bed" (467). The old waiter does

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)