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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 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
hal he would put all gentlemen on the best possible footing. He usually behaved after the fashion of a great noble. He had married a rather pretty lady with a dowry of two hundred serfs and some thousands of rubles. This money was at once employed in the purchase of six fine horses, some gilt bronze locks, and a tame monkey. He further engaged a French cook. The two hundred peasants of the lady, as well as two hundred more belonging to the gentleman, were mortgaged to the bank. In a word, he was a regular nobleman. Besides himself, several other gentlemen were amongst the general’s guests, but it is not worth while speaking of them. 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. ARED THAT IF HE WERE ELECTED MARSHAL HE WOULD PUT ALL GENTLEMEN ON THE BEST POSSIBLE FOOTING HE USUALLY BEHAVED AFTER THE FASHION OF A GREAT NOBLE HE HAD MARRIED A RATHER PRETTY LADY WITH A DOWRY OF TWO HUNDRED SERFS AND SOME THOUSANDS OF ROUBLES THIS MONEY WAS ONCE EMPLOYED IN THE PURCHASE OF SIX FINE HORSES SOME GILT BRONZE LOCKS AND A TAME MONKEY HE FURTHER ENGAGED A FRENCH COOK THE TWO HUNDRED PEASANTS OF THE LADY AS WELL AS TWO HUNDRED MORE BELONGING TO THE GENTLEMAN WERE MORTGAGED TO THE BANK IN A WORD HE WAS A REGULAR NOBLEMAN BESIDES HIMSELF SEVERAL OTHER GENTLEMEN WERE AMONGST THE GENERAL'S GUESTS BUT IT IS NOT WORTH WHILE SPEAKING OF THEM 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
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