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The guests rose from the table with a pleasant feeling of repletion, and, after having lit their pipes, all stepped out, coffee cups in hand, on to the verandah. "We can see her now," said the general. THE GUESTS ROSE FROM THE TABLE WITH A PLEASANT FEELING OF REPLETION AND AFTER HAVING LIT THEIR PIPES ALL STEPPED OUT COFFEE CUPS IN HAND ON TO THE VERANDA WE CAN SEE HER NOW SAID THE GENERAL
ongst whom were the colonel and the fat major, formed the majority of those present. The general himself was rather stout; a good officer, nevertheless, according to his subordinates. He had a rather deep bass voice. The dinner was magnificent; there were sturgeons, sterlets, bustards, asparagus, quail, partridges, mushrooms. The flavour of all these dishes supplied an irrefutable proof of the sobriety of the cook during the twenty-four hours preceding the dinner. Four soldiers, who had been given him as assistants, had not ceased working all night, knife in hand, at the composition of ragouts and jellies. The immense quantity of long-necked bottles, mingled with shorter ones, holding claret and madeira; the fine summer day, the wide-open windows, the plates piled up with ice on the table, the crumpled shirt-fronts of the gentlemen in plain clothes, and a brisk and noisy conversation, now dominated by the general’s voice, and now besprinkled with champagne, were all in perfect harmony.  THE OFFICERS OF THE REGIMENT AMONGST WHOM WERE THE COLONEL AND THE FAT MAJOR FORMED THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT THE GENERAL HIMSELF WAS RATHER STOUT A GOOD OFFICER NEVERTHELESS ACCORDING TO HIS SUBORDINATES HE HAD A RATHER DEEP BASS VOICE THE DINNER WAS MAGNIFICENT THERE WERE STURGEONS STERLETS BUSTARDS ASPARAGUS QUAIL PARTRIDGES MUSHROOMS THE FLAVOUR OF ALL THESE DISHES SUPPLIED AN IRREFUTABLE PROOF OF THE SOBRIETY OF THE COOK DURING THE TWENTY FOUR HOURS PRECEDING THE DINNER FOUR SOLDIERS WHO HAD BEEN GIVEN HIM AS ASSISTANCE HAD NOT CEASED WORKING ALL NIGHT KNIFE IN HAND AT THE COMPOSITION OF RAGOUTS AND JELLIES THE IMMENSE QUANTITY OF LONG NECKED BOTTLES MINGLED WITH SHORTER ONES HOLDING CLARET AND MADEIRA THE FINE SUMMER DAY THE WIDE OPEN WINDOWS THE PLATES PILED UP WITH ICE ON THE TABLE THE CRUMPLED SHIRT FRONTS OF THE GENTLEMEN IN PLAIN CLOTHES AND A BRISK AND NOISY CONVERSATION NOW DOMINATED BY THE GENERAL'S VOICE AND NOW BESPRINKLED WITH CHAMPAGNE WERE ALL IN PERFECT HARMONY
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