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ALL IN A GARDEN FAIR. 270
Claire wondered, but she said nothing and
was silent, keeping her eyes down and anxious
for the time when she might leave the table.
Olinthus, it may be observed, responded
only partially and with cflbrt. He was too
hungry to laugh, and, besides, he saw nothing
to laugh at. lk*ing asked to drink vinegar and
eat salad when one was raging with hunger
seemed to him like going beyond the limits of
legitimate mirth.
When there was nothing more to eat, and
even the bottle was at length happily empty,
their entertainer began to wink mysteriously
and to shake a finger with a meaning wink.
' Good Heaven !
' thought
is he going to give us next ? '
Tonnny ;
' what
But his spirits Averc raised when he remem-
bered that French people frecpiently finish tlu'ir
banquets with a gloria or chasse-cafe .
I hi^pe,' he murmured.
'Brandy,
' On this occasion,' said M. rhilii)on, ' which
is remarkable, I produce a bottle of remarkable
wine ; a veritable qrainl rin, w ^finyaux of