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It
was
truly
a
triumphant
idea
of
Alvez
's
,
to
offer
a
punch
to
this
negro
majesty
,
and
to
make
him
love
brandy
under
a
new
form
.
Moini
Loungga
began
to
find
that
fire-water
did
not
sufficiently
justify
its
name
.
Perhaps
,
blazing
and
burning
,
it
would
tickle
more
agreeably
the
blunted
papillas
of
his
tongue
.
The
evening
's
program
then
comprised
a
punch
first
,
a
punishment
afterwards
.
Dick
Sand
,
closely
shut
up
in
his
dark
prison
,
would
only
come
out
to
go
to
his
death
.
The
other
slaves
,
sold
or
not
,
had
been
put
back
in
the
barracks
.
There
only
remained
at
the
"
tchitoka
,
"
the
traders
,
the
overseers
and
the
soldiers
ready
to
take
their
part
of
the
punch
,
if
the
king
and
his
court
allowed
them
.
Jose-Antonio
Alvez
,
advised
by
Negoro
,
did
the
thing
well
.
They
brought
a
vast
copper
basin
,
capable
of
containing
at
least
two
hundred
pints
,
which
was
placed
in
the
middle
of
the
great
place
.
Barrels
holding
alcohol
of
inferior
quality
,
but
well
refined
,
were
emptied
into
the
basin
.
They
spared
neither
the
cinnamon
,
nor
the
allspice
,
nor
any
of
the
ingredients
that
might
improve
this
punch
for
savages
.
All
had
made
a
circle
around
the
king
.
Moini
Loungga
advanced
staggering
to
the
basin
.
One
would
say
that
this
vat
of
brandy
fascinated
him
,
and
that
he
was
going
to
throw
himself
into
it
.
Alvez
generously
held
him
back
and
put
a
lighted
match
into
his
hand
.
"
Fire
!
"
cried
he
with
a
cunning
grimace
of
satisfaction
.
"
Fire
!
"
replied
Moini
Loungga
lashing
the
liquid
with
the
end
of
the
match
.
What
a
flare
and
what
an
effect
,
when
the
bluish
flames
played
on
the
surface
of
the
basin
.
Alvez
,
doubtless
to
render
that
alcohol
still
sharper
,
had
mingled
with
it
a
few
handfuls
of
sea
salt
.
The
assistants
'
faces
were
then
given
that
spectral
lividness
that
the
imagination
ascribes
to
phantoms
.
Those
negroes
,
drunk
in
advance
,
began
to
cry
out
,
to
gesticulate
,
and
,
taking
each
other
by
the
hand
,
formed
an
immense
circle
around
the
King
of
Kazounde
.
