IIIFカラー高解像度
国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
| |||||||||
|
| IIIFカラー高解像度 |
| Among the Celestials : vol.1 | |
| 天の間で : vol.1 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
引用情報
CHAP. ii.] A RUSSIAN DINNER. 49
coming, we sat down to the main business.
First of all, a great soup-tureen was placed on
the table, filled with a good substantial soup.
" No ceremony, gentlemen ; je mange énorme-
ment," said the colonel. And he proceeded to
ladle himself out a good helping, and every one
round the table then did the same. Each of us
had at his side six bottles of wine and beer,
and these we were expected to attack indis-
criminately. " You're drinking nothing," shouts
out the colonel, as he stretches across the table
and fills my glass with claret. Before that was
finished, another officer would fill my glass—
the same glass !—with sherry. Then the
colonel would insist upon our trying the beer.
Meanwhile course after course of the most
substantial dishes were being served up. Each
one helped himself from them, but in addition
one or other of the officers would cut off a huge
slice and put it down in one of our plates. The
hospitality was genuine and most hearty ; but
how we got through that evening was a marvel
to us. We had been leading a hard, healthy
life lately, so had good appetites, and were able
to keep fairly well in line with the Russians in
the eating way. But the drinking was terrible,
E
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright (C) 2003-2019
National Institute of Informatics（国立情報学研究所）
and
The Toyo Bunko（東洋文庫）. All Rights Reserved.
本ウェブサイトに掲載するデジタル文化資源の無断転載は固くお断りいたします。