〃Just whiskey and soda。〃
〃There's another one ing；〃 she said。 〃And then should we order dinner up here？〃
〃That will be good。〃
〃Then we won't go out； will we？ We'll just stay in to…night。〃
〃And play；〃 I said。
〃I'll drink some wine；〃 Catherine said。 〃It won't hurt me。 Maybe we can get some of our old white capri。〃
〃I know we can；〃 I said。 〃They'll have Italian wines at a hotel this size。〃
The waiter knocked at the door。 He brought the whiskey in a glass with ice and beside the glass on a tray a small bottle of soda。
〃Thank you；〃 I said。 〃Put it down there。 Will you please have dinner for two brought up here and two bottles of dry white capri in ice。〃
〃Do you wish to mence your dinner with soup？〃
〃Do you want soup； Cat？〃
〃Please。〃
〃Bring soup for one。〃
〃Thank you； sir。〃 He went out and shut the door。 I went back to the papers and the war in the papers and poured the soda slowly over the ice into the whiskey。 I would have to tell them not to put ice in the whiskey。 Let them bring the ice separately。 That way you could tell how much whiskey there was and it would not suddenly be too thin from the soda。 I would get a bottle of whiskey and have them bring ice and soda。 That was the sensible way。 Good whiskey was very pleasant。 It was one of the pleasant parts of life。
〃What are you thinking； darling？〃
〃About whiskey。〃
〃What about whiskey？〃
〃About how nice it is。〃
Catherine made a face。 〃All right；〃 she said。
We stayed at that hotel three weeks。 It was not bad； the diningroom was usually empty and very often we ate in our room at night。 We walked in the town and took the cogwheel railway down to Ouchy and walked beside the lake。 The weather became