A soldier stands at attention beside an officer, who sits on a seat outside a rustic inn or cottage, inspecting a paper. The man's eyes are turned towards a girl who looks sideways at him from an open casement window (left).
Three officers dine at a small round table, waited on by two young soldier-servants. one ,standing stiffly, holds a bottle of wine behind his back; an arm (in uniform) extends from a curtain to take it.