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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!Prandyundpittersprandyundpitters,"repeatedtheGermanBoniface,ashehastenedtoplacethedecanterbeforehisill-manneredguest.

           Withthelargeaccessionofthemajor’sparty,toseveralothersalreadyintheactofimbibing,thewholefrontofthelongcounterbecameoccupiedwithscarceaninchtospare.

           ApparentlybyaccidentthoughitmayhavebeendesignonthepartofCalhounhewastheoutermostmanontheextremerightofthosewhohadrespondedtohisinvitation.

           ThisbroughthiminjuxtapositionwithMauriceGerald,whoaloneasregardedbooncompanionshipwasquietlydrinkinghiswhiskyandwater,andsmokingacigarhehadjustlighted.

           Thetwowerebacktobackneitherhavingtakenanynoticeoftheother.

           "Atoast!"criedCalhoun,takinghisglassfromthecounter.

           "Letushaveit!"respondedseveralvoices.

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