My favorite evening read, Il Gattopardo, begins like this. In 1860, the Martini hadn't been invented yet, but I like to imagine that if Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, had known of it, he certainly would have enjoyed a glass before his evening meal.
Marvellous. I wish I could drink spirits these days, as it would be an excellent thing to raise a glass with you in incremental anaesthesia to celebrate when the book is published but it'll have to be a pint of Auld Wifebeater or whatever which is not in keeping with the book's contents
LOL. I rather like the religious overtone. You are one of the blesséd few that recognises the aperitif as a liturgical rite.
Maggio 1860
"Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen."
La recita quotidiana del Rosario era finita.
My favorite evening read, Il Gattopardo, begins like this. In 1860, the Martini hadn't been invented yet, but I like to imagine that if Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, had known of it, he certainly would have enjoyed a glass before his evening meal.
Ok so from this I'm hearing that vespers is English for apéritif
No. Do it for your Dad. Every time. Because there's no overdraft to be repaid here. Because.
Just my opinion, obvs.
Marvellous. I wish I could drink spirits these days, as it would be an excellent thing to raise a glass with you in incremental anaesthesia to celebrate when the book is published but it'll have to be a pint of Auld Wifebeater or whatever which is not in keeping with the book's contents