two men, their names are Al and Max, walk into the lunch counter. After deciding what they want to order (=bestellen) they start to ask questions to the owner, named George, about one of his regular customers Ole Andreson and what is his usual time to visit the lunch counter. After obtaining (=beschaffen) that information the two men put Sam the cook and Nick Adams who is a customer into the kitchenroom. By asking questions they reveal (=enthüllen, aufdecken) that the two mysterious men are going to kill Anderson. Al says to George that he has to remain at the front of the lunch counter with Max while he goes into the kitchen and ties (=zusammenbinden) Sam the cook and Nick up. After a few hours of waiting passes by (=vorbeigehen) without a sign of Ole Andreson, Max and Al leave the restaurant. George goes into the kitchen and unties Sam and Nick. Nick decides that he needs to go to tell Ole Andreson that the two men are looking for him and want to kill him. When he arrives at Hirsh's rooming house the landlady (=Hausbesitzerin) tells him that Andreson hasn’t come out all the day. The landlady shows Nick Andreson's room and he goes in. Nick finds (=auffinden) Andreson lying on the bed. He delivers his message but Andreson tells Nick that he knows that the two men are looking for him and want to kill him but he is tired of running away and decides to stay where he is. Nick doesn’t understand this. Nick then returns to the lunch counter and tells George what happened in the Hirsh's rooming house. George suppose (=vermuten) that the two men are probably looking for Andreson because he double-crossed (=betrügen) somebody. Both men agree that something “damned awfully” is going to happen to Andreson. George advises Nick not to think about what is going to happen to Andreson. Nick then decides to leave the small town.