"It is indeed true, " said Blake, who, in contrast to Rhodes-Fotheringham, was of a thin shape, and was clutching his brandy glass tightly the whole time.

“这是个真实的故事。”布莱克说。和拉霍斯-佛斯林汉姆不同，他长得很瘦弱，讲故事的时候手里一直紧握着白兰地酒杯。

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Unlike wine, brandy matures only in wood, not glass.

和葡萄酒不同，白兰地只能在木质容器里酿成，玻璃容器不行。

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"Sir Charles asked, putting his glass of brandy down with a trembling hand."

查尔斯爵士问道，颤抖地放下白兰地酒杯。

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He is perhaps the showiest performer since Vladimir de Pachmann, a Chopin specialist of a century ago who used to milk cows to exercise his fingers and dip each digit in a glass of brandy before recitals.

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"Drink this, " he handed the glass of Spanish brandy to Robert Jordan.

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Fidgeting on his feet, Pesho soon joins us, pulling up a chair and pouring us each a glass of his own plum rakia (brandy).

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