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Chapter 19

           Accordingtouniversalcustom,theintendedimbibersfellintolinealongthecounter,eachcallingoutthenameofthedrinkmosttohislikingatthemoment.

           Ofthesewereorderedalmostasmanykindsastherewereindividualsintheparty;Calhounhimselfshoutingout—"Brownsherryforme;"andimmediatelyadding—"withadashofbitters."

           "Prandyundpitters,youcallsfor,MishterCalhoun?"saidthelandlord,asheleantobsequiouslyacrossthecountertowardsthereputedpartnerofanextensiveestate.

           "Certainly,youstupidDutchman!Isaidbrownsherry,didn’tI?"

           "Allrights,meinherr;allrights!Prandyundpitters—prandyundpitters,"repeatedtheGermanBoniface,ashehastenedtoplacethedecanterbeforehisill-manneredguest.

           Withthelargeaccessionofthemajor’sparty,toseveralothersalreadyintheactofimbibing,thewholefrontofthelongcounterbecameoccupied—withscarceaninchtospare.

           Apparentlybyaccident—thoughitmayhavebeendesignonthepartofCalhoun—hewastheoutermostmanontheextremerightofthosewhohadrespondedtohisinvitation.

           ThisbroughthiminjuxtapositionwithMauriceGerald,whoalone—asregardedbooncompanionship—wasquietlydrinkinghiswhiskyandwater,andsmokingacigarhehadjustlighted.

           Thetwowerebacktoback—neitherhavingtakenanynoticeoftheother.

           "Atoast!"criedCalhoun,takinghisglassfromthecounter.

           "Letushaveit!"respondedseveralvoices.

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