The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini were mostly caged in comfortable quarters, discussing the merits of old port; and the merry student had closed his oak, to consecrate the night to friendship, sack, and claret.

Distribution networks are particularly chaotic in the ‘on’-trade which has steadily lost ground to the ‘off’-trade. Estimates for the volumes of wines consumed in public vary wildly but now usually point down towards to 25%.

After some uprisings directed by Sun Yat-sen were crushed by the Ch'ing government, Sun was forced to leave Japan and Hong Kong. He came to Hanoi with Huang Hsing, Hu Han-min, and others, where he established a temporary headquarters. From Hanoi and Lang-Son, Sun directed the Chen-nan-kuan uprising. The unsuccessful revolt of Hokow was also engineered in Vietnam.

Thank God! he cried brokenly, all the pent emotion of the long night vibrant in his tremulous voice.