In the valuation I reckoned them at sixty thousand pounds.

And I may say that I always took care that the cellars were properly guarded.

Even Jules would experience a serious difficulty in breaking into the cellars without the connivance of the wine-clerk, and the wine-clerk is, or was, incorruptible.' 'I am ashamed to say that I have not yet inspected my wines,' smiled Racksole; 'I have never given them a thought.

Once or twice I have taken the trouble to make a tour of the hotel, but I omitted the cellars in my excursions.' 'Impossible, my dear fellow!' said Babylon, amused at such a confession, to him--a great connoisseur and lover of fine wines--almost incredible.
'But really you must see them to-morrow.

If I may, I will accompany you.' 'Why not to-night ?' Racksole suggested, calmly.
'To-night! It is very late: Hubbard will have gone to bed.' 'And may I ask who is Hubbard?
I remember the name but dimly.' 'Hubbard is the wine-clerk of the Grand Babylon,' said Felix, with a certain emphasis.