Late And Soon (1943)
“That heavenly green liqueur! I didn’t even know we had any,” cried Jess naívely.
“Uncle Reggie did. He thought it was a good occasion for producing a liqueur, after what I’m afraid was rather a dull meal,” said her mother.
She poured out the coffee, and the young soldiers made polite protests in defence of the meal, just over.
“What’s the other stuff?” asked Jess. “Is it brandy?”
“Yes.”
The crème-de-menthe and the liqueur brandy came as an agreeable surprise after the indifferent coffee, and Je...ss delightedly distributed glasses.
“I bet everyone except uncle Reggie and Colonel Lonergan will choose crème-de-menthe.”
Sedgewick nodded.
“As you say.”
“Well, you’re wrong. I hate that filthy, sticky, green poison. Me for the brandy-bottle every time,” Primrose declared.
“Gosh! It always makes me think of being sick. They gave me some once at Rockingham, when I had a bilious attack,” Jess remarked. “It was foul.”
“This is probably not quite the same type of brandy, my dear,”MoreLess
“Uncle Reggie did. He thought it was a good occasion for producing a liqueur, after what I’m afraid was rather a dull meal,” said her mother.
She poured out the coffee, and the young soldiers made polite protests in defence of the meal, just over.
“What’s the other stuff?” asked Jess. “Is it brandy?”
“Yes.”
The crème-de-menthe and the liqueur brandy came as an agreeable surprise after the indifferent coffee, and Je...ss delightedly distributed glasses.
“I bet everyone except uncle Reggie and Colonel Lonergan will choose crème-de-menthe.”
Sedgewick nodded.
“As you say.”
“Well, you’re wrong. I hate that filthy, sticky, green poison. Me for the brandy-bottle every time,” Primrose declared.
“Gosh! It always makes me think of being sick. They gave me some once at Rockingham, when I had a bilious attack,” Jess remarked. “It was foul.”
“This is probably not quite the same type of brandy, my dear,”MoreLess
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