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On the tray stood a steaming jug of coffee, a flagon of cognac, a plate of biscuits, a cup and saucer, and a silver cigarette-box. "More magic!" commented Myra, as Dolores set a chair for her and poured out a glass of cognac which she insisted upon Myra drinking at once. Then she poured out coffee, gabbled something about the "bueno maestro," and withdrew.
"But certainly, monsieur! A cognac of the finest excellence." "Out with it, then! And bring two glasses no, bring three glasses! You must drink a toast with us!" Madame bustled off, laughing and excited, and again the Irishman gripped the boy's shoulder. "You've taken me in!" he cried. "Absolutely and entirely taken me in!
I knew she was going to keep me an indefinite time. She appeared with the wine and bread. 'Would you like omelette after the beef? she asked. 'Omelette with cognac I can make it very good. I knew I should be spending too much, but I said yes. After all, why should I not eat, after the long walk?
"You look so well otherwise. You'll recover before we know where we are!" "Yes, thank God!" The master laughed gaily between two attacks. "If you only go at the beast hard enough, it'll surely die. Now, where you are, in your thirtieth year, you ought to be able to get at it. Suppose you were to give it cognac?"
Presently she flung open a wing of the elaborate cellaret that stood near and disclosed a gleaming array of cut-glass decanters. Her fingers hovered over them. "Cognac?" "Think I'll take my tea straight just as you make it." "Most Western men don't care for afternoon tea. You should hear my father on the subject." "I can imagine him." He smiled.
Valmond waved his hand. "Nonsense, we are friends. You are my General; she is your niece." His eyes followed Elise as she set out for them some cider, a small flask of cognac, and some seed-cakes; luxuries which were served but once a year in this house, as in most homes of Pontiac. For a long time Valmond and his General talked, devised, planned, schemed, till the old man grew husky and pale.
In order that Mademoiselle de la Roche-sur-Yon may enjoy the millions that belong to her of right, in consequence of her sister's death, it is necessary first for her to receive them; but the Duke, it is reported, as the good Duc de Crequi used to say, "Holds back as tight as the trigger of the Cognac cross-bow;" and in fact he has not only refused to give up to his sister what she should take under her sister's will, but he disputes her right to the bank-notes which she had given to the Duchess to take care of for her, when she herself was dangerously ill.
He entered my room just before one o'clock in the morning, tired and dusty, for he appeared to have walked a long distance. I had some cognac and a syphon of seltzer awaiting him, and sinking exhausted into a chair, he took a long and refreshing drink before he spoke. "Well?" he said with a sigh. "You have been wondering why I disappeared so mysteriously eh? The fact is I was compelled.
The plan of Conde and the Admiral was to effect a junction with them, and then to march and meet the army of the Duc de Deux-Ponts. They therefore left Niort, which had for some time been their headquarters, and marched south towards Cognac; while the Duc d'Anjou moved in the same direction. Both armies reached the river Charente at the same time, but upon opposite sides.
The enthusiastic and sympathetic mistress of the house would immediately say: "Ah, the poor boy wants a drop of cognac! Get him some father!" The reluctant farmer procured a big bottle and a very diminutive glass known as the "petit verre," which held about a thimbleful. Paul would congratulate the good dame on her keen perception.
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