Lucy White and the others ate quickly and left, leaving the three of them to drink.
Faye Yardley was happy, but she found it difficult to understand the kind of exhilaration Master Silas was feeling, as if a lifelong ambition had been fulfilled.
Not understanding was fine. There was wine and food. It was a time to drink and be merry, for such moments of joy are rare.
Perhaps the thresholds of their Constitution and Spirit had been raised, because even though it was fine wine, they didn't feel drunk at all after the three of them finished a bottle!
"Yardley, if you don't have any more of this fine wine, some more of your homemade rice wine would be wonderful."
Zephyr Sterling said with a helpless air, "Master, Yardley's young, and you shouldn't drink too much anyway. It's enough that we had a celebratory drink. You should eat more."
Then he said to Faye Yardley, "Yardley, don't get any more wine. Some warm water would be fine."
