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" There," said Debenham, pointing to a lot of 

 bottles arranged on the chimney piece, as we 

 sat down to this said dinner, " I think beside 

 the white wine and champagne, that twenty 

 bottles of claret is a fair allowance amongst 

 eight of us." 



As we drew round the table after dinner by 

 the side of a blazing yule log, shall I admit it ? 

 the whole of this wine was drunk. How I got 

 to bed I know not, but on coming down the 

 next morning to beg one of the gargons to go 

 down to the van for a few bottles of seltzer 

 water, I found Debenham sleeping with his 

 head in one of the large French stew pans, 

 and the others were in different parts of the 

 room. 



My brother, with his head amongst , the 

 broken bottles and glasses on the table, and 

 myself with two eyes in mourning, or as 

 Bob, in the language of the P.R., had it, "A 

 mouse in each eye, and my front railings all 

 loose." 



I am almost ashamed to relate such a story, 

 but the glorious days of our sojourn at the 



