We stopped at the first cafe we came to and entered.

An old woman seated us at a table and waited for orders.

The doctor said: "Avez-vous du vin ?" The dame looked perplexed.

The doctor said again, with elaborate distinctness of articulation: "Avez-vous du--vin!" The dame looked more perplexed than before.

I said: "Doctor, there is a flaw in your pronunciation somewhere.