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Those two fellows whom we met at the table-d'hote at the "Hotel de Russie" the other day: gentlemen of splendid costume, and yet questionable appearances, the eldest of whom called for the list of wines, and cried out loud enough for all the company to hear, "Lafite, six florins. 'Arry, shall we have some Lafite? You don't mind? No more do I then. I say, waiter, let's 'ave a pint of ordinaire."
Vin du Clos Vougeot de 88 7 4 Clos St. Georges 6 0 Vin de Pomarel 6 0 Vin du Rhin 8 0 Vin de Chambertin 5 0 Vin de l'Hermitage rouge 5 0 Vin de l'Hermitage blanc 6 0 Vin dela Romanee 5 0 Ronflante Conti 8 0 Vin de Richebourg 5 0 Chevalier montrachet 6 0 Vin de Vone 5 0 Vin de Bordeaux de Segur 5 0 Vin de Bordeaux Lafite 5 0 Vin de Saint Emilion 5 0 Bierre forte ou porter 2 0 Bierre 0 10 fr. s.
The food is excellent it has a cachet of its own; the wine more than merely good. One imbibes them, none the less, in preference to anything else, as it is a peculiarity of what goes under the name of wine hereabouts that the more you pay for it, the worse it tastes. If you adventure into the Olympic spheres of Chateau Lafite and so forth, you may put your trust in God, or in a blue pill.
Her "Oh, yes, Miss Percival," and "Oh, no, Miss Percival," were appreciative and good to hear. She was butler, we find, as well as housekeeper, for as she stood there, meditating the table, Ingram came in, in a hurry, with ideas about wine. He gave them out in jerks, without looking at her. Sherry, of course, a hock, Lafite. No champagne: it's beastly unless you are tired.
I find the best plan is to take him in hand at the beginning and disillusion him; sweep aside his talk of '84 Perrier Jouet, followed by a '79 Chateau Lafite, and ask him, as man to man, if he can conscientiously recommend the Saint Julien at two-and-six. After that he settles down to his work and talks sense. The fatherly waiter is sometimes a comfort. You feel that he knows best.
They all stared at the girl, and I remember a wonderful attraction in the reflection that here was I sermonizing away, with the money in my own pocket all the while. I went and spent the three roubles that very evening at a restaurant. I went in and asked for a bottle of Lafite, and drank it up; I wanted to be rid of the money.
Chateau Margaux, or Chateau Lafite at twenty? or possibly it was not here at all, and was special, too like the roses and the attention. He called his waiter and ordered some port he felt he could not drink another drop of his modest St. Estephe!
One corner of land after another is tried with one kind of grape after another. This is a failure; that is better; a third best. So, bit by bit, they grope about for their Clos Vougeot and Lafite.
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