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Often , in fact , he went much further without yielding . The toasts presented at dessert were distinguished for pith and cordiality . I would like to recount them in order , but am forced to admit that they would take up too much room , and that the last , which were the most touching , were not of a lucidity absolutely Voltairian . They arose from the table at two o'clock , and betook themselves in a body to the _ Café Militaire _ , where the officers of the 23d placed a punch before the two colonels . They had invited , with a feeling of eminent propriety , the superior officers of the regiment of cuirassiers . Fougas , who was drunker , in his own proper person , than a whole battalion of _ Suisses _ , distributed a great many hand-shakings . But across the storm which disturbed his spirit , he recognized the person and name of M. du Marnet , and made a grimace .