text:  After another glass or two of the dark-coloured liquid which wore the label of port and which Bristles maintained was the richest wine he had ever tasted as it was furnished by a particular friend of his who in addition to being a wine merchant was one of the most talented men in Europe and a regular contributor to the _Universal_ under the signature "Squirk "--after another glass or two of this bepraised beverage which at the same time did not seem altogether to suit the taste of the two patrons of the arts and sciences the gentlemen adjourned to the drawing-room from which music had been sounding for a considerable time