But I do not wish you to have a bad opinion of me, and as I have some old cognac in my can, let us drink a drop together.

Savary gave us all a little cognac from his flask, and then tearing down one of the curtains he laid it over the terrible figure of my Uncle Bernac.

" He poured the brandy into two big glasses and hiccuped with a laugh: "The cognac of an enemy tastes well.

After dinner I remained in the dining-room with Sniatynski, who liked a quiet talk over a glass of cognac after his coffee.

They took one road and we another, and half an hour later swung down the main street of Cognac behind a chorus of shrilling bugles.