Drinking Alone
THE author of the Parson's Daughter, when surprised one evening in his
arm-chair, two or three hours after dinner, is reported to have
apologized, by saying, When one is alone, the bottle does come round
so often. On a similar occasion, Sir Hercules Langreish, on being
asked, Have you finished all that port (three bottles) without
assistance? answered, No--not quite that--I had the assistance of a
bottle of Madeira.