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He said to me, curtly, that if by any chance the Confederates should reoccupy Alexandria, he could very well afford to relinquish his property. He employed a smart barkeeper, who led guests by a retired way to the drinking-rooms. Here, with the gas burning at a taper point, cobblers, cocktails, and juleps were mixed stealthily and swallowed in the darkness.
There was to have been a covered lattice connecting the barn-studio with the house, so that Jeff could get there on wet days the lattice had been started, but nothing remained except a broken triangular piece that still adhered to the house and resembled a battered chicken coop. "And those mint juleps!" "And Jeff's note-book!
Altogether, they called for cocktails, smashes, toddies, cobblers, juleps, and legitimates. These disposed of, the company repaired to what is called a "box up-stairs." Scarcely seated, Master George rang the bell with such violence that he disjointed the cord and tassel, and gave such an alarm that three or four darkies came poking their alarmed countenances through the curtains at once.
"Look around!" said the commander at the door. "I should think we had looked around! Well, don't fall foul of too many juleps." With a laughing response, the young man pushed his way through the jostling crowd near the door, traversed the animated corridor, and soon found himself out on the busy street.
Legal folderol, a mere shade of a trial. Aye; I must see her Grace. I have a message for her." "I will serve thee; Constance, I will take thy message " Adrian was interrupted by the entrance of the gaoler, who brought in cordial juleps. Her ladyship made the fellow drink, before she would allow him to go. Then, as he left them again, she said,
"Miss 'Lethe, a julep a mint-julep before I perish." With a graceful sweep she took it from them and revealed three juleps in their glory of green-crowns. "Look, Colonel!" "Three! Great heavens!" the Colonel cried, delighted. He took one and disposed of it in haste. "I mixed them myself," Miss 'Lethe said. The Colonel drank another, but less rapidly.
You couldn't blame me for wanting something to do speaking or riding, or what not. One must be occupied, you know. But shall we not have them bring us one of these juleps of the country? I find them most agreeable, I declare." I did not criticise his conduct as a wearer of the cloth, but declined his hospitality on the ground that it was early in the day for me.
They all laughed heartily, two, at least, in some surprise. Saunders never let an opportunity escape to repeat the joke to his friends in after life; in fact, he made the opportunity more often than not. "There's another thing I want to speak of," said the Enemy, arising to prepare the second round of juleps. "I hope you won't take my suggestions amiss.
Into Gray's mind came an indistinct memory; the blurred picture of a race track with its shouting thousands, a crowded betting ring; then, more clearly, a garish, over-furnished room in a Southern mansion; clouds of tobacco smoke rising in the cones of bright light above roulette and poker tables; negro servants in white, with trays; mint juleps in tall, frosted glasses; a pretty girl with straw-colored hair "You're right!" he agreed, finally.
"Listenin' to the knockers?" he asked, reading me at once. "Furget it them ole mint juleps is dead 'n' buried. You'll go dippy if you fall fur that stuff." "But the weight!" I gasped. "Say, they've got you goin' right, ain't they?" Blister exclaimed. "Now listen! She can carry the grand-stand 'n' come home on the bit! Get that fixed in your nut, 'n' then hit the hay."
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