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The Colonel's capacity for the holding of liquid substances looked abnormal even to a man of Paul's experience.
'Thirst is now assuaged,' he said solemnly at the end of his third deep tumbler, 'and a man may begin to enjoy himself. There ought to be a boy here who can make a cocktail.'