I can answer a civil question civilly, said the youth, and will pay fitting respect to your age, if you do not urge my patience with mockery. Since I have been here in France and Flanders, men have called me, in their fantasy, the Varlet with the Velvet Pouch, because of this hawk purse which I carry by my side; but my true name, when at home, is Quentin Durward. / Durward! said the querist; is it a gentleman's name?

He was mostly solitary, but enjoyed the occasional visitor.

Most Ukrainian and southern Russian selos are large; often they have several hundred households, and there are selos with more than a thousand.

Feni is really country liquor that has risen from its lowly status. […] Whatever claims the Goans may lay to its potency, feni is no stronger than whisky or vodka.