I often admired Mr. Rassam's' patience on these occasions: he could sit, talk, and laugh with them for hours, gorging them with bumpers of tej until they reeled out of his place, the laughing-stocks, yet envied objects, of the soldiers who helped them to regain their homes.
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And the three made a night of it, sitting up late, and draining such huge bumpers to the health of the Queen of England, that-as the excellent Andrew subsequently informed Lord Burghley-his head ached most bravely next morning.
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Just as we were starting, the now sober Mikouline again showed symptoms of weakening, until I plied him with bumpers of vodka.
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