3/19 "Keep them where they are and don't let anybody draw either cork until you invite me to dinner again." "Only two bottles left," cried Latrobe in consternation! "Well, what the devil are we going to do when they are gone ?--what's anybody going to do ?" The "we" was the key to the situation. The good Madeira of Kennedy Square was for those who honored it, and in that sense--and that sense only--was common property. Todd, serve that last bottle I brought up this morning--I put it in that low decanter next to--Ah, Malachi--you are nearest. Pass that to Mr.Latrobe, Malachi--Yes, that's the one. |