I ripped away the seal and crimson cord by which it is distinguished, and placing it on the table I removed the flagon I had set for him before I had first departed.
"Then I fled back to the gallery, and from the shadows I watched for his return.

Soon he came, bearing a hat in his hand; and from that hat he took a letter, all as you have surmised.

He read it, and I saw his face lighten with a fierce excitement.

Then he helped himself freely to wine, and drank thirstily, for all that he was overladen with it.

One of the qualities of this wine is that in quenching thirst it produces yet a greater.