Wine was served in those little goblets which they knew so well, where the double glasses restrained and contained a red fluid which _looked_ like wine.

They did not want wine, but they were thirsty as well as hungry.
Philip wondered what the waiters were.

He had plenty of time to wonder while the long banquet went on.

It was not till he saw a group of them standing stiffly together at the end of the hall that he knew they must be the matches with which he had once peopled a city, no other inhabitants being at hand.
When all the dishes had been handed, speeches happened.
'Friends and fellow-citizens,' Mr.Noah began, and went on to say how brave and clever Sir Philip was, and how likely it was that he would turn out to be the Deliverer.

Philip did not hear all this speech.