waterjugs

Updated: May 17, 2025

Thanks to the efforts of upwards of ten human beings counting laundresses, gardeners, cooks, kitchen-maids, butlers and footmen the table was sumptuously laid for eight, with silver waterjugs, decanters, kvass, wine, mineral waters, cut glass, and fine table linen, while two men-servants were continually hurrying to and fro, bringing in and serving, and then clearing away the hors d'oeuvre and the various hot and cold courses.

graf Leo Tolstoy - The Forged Coupon