t au Feu du Roy "Henriot"
Croustade Mogador
Truite de Ruisselet, Belle Meuniere
Pommes en Fines Herbes
Fricot de tendre Poulet en Coquemare, au Vieux Chanturgne
Tourte de Ris de Veau, Financiere
Baron de Pre Sale aux Primeurs
Sorbet des Comtes de Champagne
Dinde Sauvage flambee devant les Sarments de Vigne,
flanquee d'Ortolans
Aspic de Foie Gras Lucullus
Salade des Nymphes a la Lamballe
Asperges Chauldes enduites de Sauce
Lombardienne
Dessert et Fruits de la Reunion
Fromage de Bique
Cafe Arabe
Larmes de Juliette

Whatever the wines served at the Executive Mansion may have been at
later dates, those owned and used by President Jefferson were the best
the world produced--vintages of rarity, selected as could have been
done only by one of the nicest taste. Rumor had it that none other
than Senor Yrujo, minister from Spain, recipient of many casks of the
best vintages of his country that he might entertain with proper
dignity, had seen fit to do a bit of merchandizing on his own account,
to the end that Mr. Jefferson became the owner of certain of these
rare casks.

In any event, the Spanish minister now showed no fear of the wines
which came his way. Nor, for that matter, did the minister from Great
Britain, nor the spouses of these twain. Mr. Burr, seated with their
party, himself somewhat abstemious, none the less could not refrain
from an interrogatory glance as he saw Merry halt a certain bottle or
two at his own plate.

"Upon my word!" said the sturdy Briton, turning to him. "Such wine I
never have tasted! I did not expect it here--served by a host in
breeches and slippers! But never mind--it is wonderful!"

"There may be many things here you have not expected, your
excellency," said Mr. Burr.

The Vice-President favored the little party at his left with one of
his brilliant smiles. He had that strange faculty, admitted even by
his enemies, of making another speak freely what he wished to hear,
himself reticent the while.

The face of the English dignitary clouded again.

"I wish I could approve all else as I do the wine and the food; but I
cannot understand. Here we sit, after being crowded like herrings in a
box--myself, my lady here, and these others. Is this the placing his
Majesty's minister should have at the President's table? Is this what
we should demand here?"

"The indignity is to all of us alike," smil