The Vocative confused him.
'Claret will do for the Vocative,' said the captain, gravely; 'the more so as there is plenty of it at your table, Greg.

Ablative hoc, hac, hoc, which sounds as if the gentleman had become incapable of speech beyond the name of his wine.

So we will abandon the declension of the article for a dash of champagne, which there's no declining, I hope.

Wonderful men, those Romans! They fought their ships well, too.

A question to you, Greg.