The hostess was provided with a beverage more suited to the high seasoning to which she had accustomed her palate, than the tasteless present of Captain Wharton; by which means Betty had managed, with tolerable facility, to keep even pace with the exhilaraton of her guests.
A markotányosnő olyan itallal is el volt látva, amely jobban megfelelt az ő edzett ínyének, mint Wharton kapitány íztelen ajándéka; így azután eléggé könnyen sikerült lépést tartania a vendégek harsogó jókedvével.