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The first indication was conveyed by Giulio, who called upon the
populace of Rojate, there assembled, to bear solemn witness - Page 148
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The First Indication Was Conveyed By Giulio, Who Called Upon The Populace Of Rojate, There Assembled, To Bear Solemn Witness To The Fact That I Was His One And Only Friend, And That He Would Nevermore Abandon Me - A Sentiment In Which I Stoutly Concurred.

(A fellow-feeling makes us wondrous blind.) Other symptoms followed.

His hat, for example, which had hitherto behaved in exemplary fashion, now refused to remain steadily balanced on his head; it took some first-class gymnastics to prevent it from falling to the ground. In fact, while I confined myself to the minor part of Silenus - my native role - this youngster gave a noteworthy representation of the Drunken Faun....

Now I see no harm in appreciating wine up to a certain point, and am consoled to observe that Craufurd Tait Ramage, LL.D., was of the same way of thinking. He says so himself, and there is no reason for doubting his word. He frankly admits, for instance, that he enjoys the stuff called moscato "with great zest." He samples the Falernian vintage and pronounces it to be "particularly good, and not degenerated." Arrived at Cutro, he is not averse to reviving his spirits with "a pretty fair modicum of wine." He also lets slip - significant detail - the fact that Dr. Henderson was one of his friends, and that he travelled about with him. You may judge a man by the company he keeps. Who was this Dr. Henderson? He was the author of "The History of Ancient Wines." Old Henderson, I should say, could be trusted to know something of local vintages.

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