Mr Wines' Christmas Toast!

Fallen London
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[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]To the wicked and the wise! To the hungry and the sharp![/color]

[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]To the shivering wretches of the Flit, and the lofty lords of the Palace![/color]

[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]To the tamers of the wild Unterzee, the defenders of the true word, and the creators of new life![/color]

[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]To those most delicious of friends, ridden by savage desire! To the rake’s scream, the laudanum-call, the harlot’s pity![/color]

[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]And above all, to lies and secrets. Delicious holes in the world! Guard them well, for their uncovering will undo us all. To secrets and lies![/color]

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raises a glass of Morelway’s First Sporing from her fading-couch I’ll drink to that.

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“Hear hear! Break open a bottle of '68, Martin, and let us toast to our future. While we’re at it, pour a thimble for little Sam too. It might help him recover from that expedition in the sack, poor dear.”

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Chin ! says the gentleman in the red waistcoat, raising his glass of wine To mysteries !

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I would give a toast, but I’m afraid I’ve already given my bottle of '68 to your esteemed colleague Mr Sacks. I hope you don’t mind.

But yes. To secrets and mysteries.

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To love and loss!

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raises a glass of Broken Giant hear hear, Mr. Wines! And a delicious Christmastide to all…

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Indeed, I’ll raise a glass of Morelways '72 to lies and secrets. May the coming year be profitable for us all.
edited by T.W.O. Chandler on 12/24/2011

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[color=#222222]And may each and every one of us give the Masters their due![/color]

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lifts half-drained absinthe bottle Secrets and mysteries and the quests to solve them. Also to the urchins with no parents, who still find the time to steal and give me absinthe.

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Raises glass. To honey-dreams and the secrets we find within, and to walking the knife-edge of insanity!

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Lucky occurrence, I had a spare bottle of '68. To the empty glasses!

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Slainte! Sips a bit the Morelways 1872 To the ending of a season and the beginning of the next!

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Raises a glass To the continued prosperity of the Bazaar and the 'Neath!

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To lies and secrets!
May all know the truth of them!

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Now, which of you fine gentlemen, ladies or unaffiliated will grant me the honor of the first dance?

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The pleasure would be mine, dear heart – and I am ever pursuing pleasure.

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What else should one pursue? sweeps to her feet for the opening waltz