The mountain air seemed to affect the "vin ordinaire"; everyone averred it was as good as "Margaux," while the chicken was voted delicious, and the pâté superb.

Sometimesit was usually at déjeûner when he had dined out on the previous eveninghe would demand the wine-list of Iorson, and rejecting the vin blanc or vin rouge which, being compris, contented the others, would order himself something of a choice brand.

It is evident, however, that they soon gave up this delusion, and that for want of the genuine wine they returned to artificial beverages, such as vin cuit, or cooked wine, which had at all times been cleverly prepared by boiling down new wine and adding various aromatic herbs to it.

Il s'approche un moment de la table où les verres Et les hanaps, dorés et peints, petits et grands, Sont étagés, divers pour les vins différents; Il a soif; les flacons tentent sa lèvre avide; Mais la goutte qui reste au fond d'un verre vide Trahirait que quelqu'un dans la salle est vivant; Il va droit aux chevaux.

"No! Not Princess How!" answered the old woman, losing the last shred of self-restraint; "but Princess Che-che-vin-ski!