champagne-and-bitters

Updated: May 29, 2025

Clarkson to another substantial juror, he entered into discussion on the comparative merits of dry sherry and champagne-and-bitters. Soon after two they both returned in the comfortable state of mind produced by the solution of doubt. But Mr. Clarkson's doubts had not been solved, and his state of mind was far from comfortable. All through the lunch hour he had been tortured by uncertainty.

Henry Woodd Nevinson - Essays in Rebellion