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The best wine! Oh, if my old mistress, his lady mother, could but see these wild goings on she would turn herself round in her grave. Yes, yes, sir officer! 'tis all down the hill with this noble house! no end, no moderation! And this marriage with the Duke's sister, a splendid connection, a very splendid connection! but I will tell you, sir officer, it bodes no good.

Heaven forbid! Why, at this very moment the whole prospect is in bud and blossom!

You think so?—Well, well! much may be said on that head.

Burgundy for the fourth table.

Now, sir lieutenant, if this aint the seventieth flask

Why, the reason is, that German lord, Tiefenbach, sits at that table.

They are soaring too high. They would rival kings and electors in their pomp and splendor; and