"You can use cigar ashes for eczema." Flossie nodded her head at him, smiling and saying: "Well, the next time I have eczema I will remember that." Flossie left them a little after this, joining Nannie and May in the larger room that held the noisy party.

The three fellows had another round of drinks.
All the evening Ellis had been drinking whisky.

Now he astonished the others by suddenly calling for beer.

He persisted in drinking it out of the celery glass, which he emptied at a single pull.

Then Vandover had claret-punches all round, protesting that his mouth felt dry as a dust-bin.