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Updated: June 25, 2025
I whispered that I wished to speak to him on a subject of great importance; he rose with much reluctance, and, after swallowing a large tumbler-full of port wine to fortify him for the task, he led the way to a small room, where he seated himself, and asked me, with his usual mixture of bluntness and good-breeding, the nature of my business.
After rubbing your back, I believe, you drank what was left in the bottle with a certain pious prayer, only known to your wife?” “I did.” “Did you drink much? Roughly speaking, a wine-glass or two?” “It might have been a tumbler-full.” “A tumbler-full, even. Perhaps a tumbler and a half?” Grigory did not answer. He seemed to see what was meant.
Nobody else can get a message through." He seemed an agreeable young man. Moyne had probably gone to bed and I did not want to spend a lonely evening. "Have a glass of claret," I said. He sat down and poured himself off half a tumbler-full. Then it struck him that he owed me some return for my hospitality. "My name," he said, "is Bland. I was with Roberts' column in the Orange Free State." "Ah!"
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