Open that bottle with a blue seal, my dear.

Gentlemen! a glass of brandy will be no bad finish to our meal." This proposal giving general satisfaction, the bottle circulated swiftly; and Smith found the liquor so much to his taste, that he made it pay double toll on its passage.
"Your son is a lad of spirit, Mr.Wood," observed Jackson, in a slightly-sarcastic tone.
"He's not my son," rejoined the carpenter.
"How, Sir ?" "Except by adoption.

Thames Darrell is--" "My husband nicknames him Thames," interrupted Mrs.Wood, "because he found him in the river!--ha! ha!" "Ha! ha!" echoed Smith, taking another bumper of brandy; "he'll set the Thames on fire one of these days, I'll warrant him!" "That's more than you'll ever do, you drunken fool!" growled Jackson, in an under tone: "be cautious, or you'll spoil all!" "Suppose we send for a bowl of punch," said Kneebone.
"With all my heart!" replied Wood.

And, turning to his daughter, he gave the necessary directions in a low tone.
Winifred, accordingly, left the room, and a servant being despatched to the nearest tavern, soon afterwards returned with a crown bowl of the ambrosian fluid.

The tables were then cleared.