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Savoir-Faire
An interactive search for loot. Copyright Emily Short 2002. 
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Release 4 / Serial number 020418 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/10 
Standard interpreter 1.0 (6F) / Library serial number 991113

>get bottle
(the blue bottle)
Taken.

In your hunger, you find yourself dreaming a salad of dressed spinach greens in
a vinaigrette, tossed with curried walnuts, such as they did at the house of the
Princesse when you visited her last summer. Or perhaps an omelette of herbs and
chives.

>x it
Aside from the contents, an entirely ordinary bottle.  The cork is still wedged
firmly in place.

>i
You are carrying:
  a blue bottle (which is closed)
  a sponge (sodden)
  a white handkerchief
  On Vegetable Dyes
  a Chocolate Recipe
  a plate
  a navy cloak (being worn)
  a pearl necklace (being worn)
  a sack (which is open)
    a rope ladder
    a red glass jar (which is closed)
      some water (which fills the red glass jar to the brim)
    some documents
    an iron key (which opens the magenta door leading west)
    a round metal tin (which is open but empty)
    a blue glass jar (which is closed)
      some sea-salt (which leaves the blue glass jar about half full)
    an old letter
    a dark wooden box (which is open)
      a mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the sunlight)
    some household papers
    a small portrait
    a stone block
    a crumpled paper
    two metal dishes:
      a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty)
      a cup
    a burnt scrap of paper
    a butcher knife
    a swordstick
      a sword
    a snuffbox (which is open)
      a quantity of snuff
    two recipe cylinders:
      a Lentil Soup Recipe
      an Andouillettes Recipe
    eleven food items:
      an onion skin
      some hunks of salt pork
      some lentils
      a peeled onion
      some apples
      a clove of garlic
      some andouillettes
      a loaf of stale bread
      a sprig of mint
      a sprig of parsley
      a bay leaf
    three books:
      The Lavori d'Aracne
      Guide to Assorted Wines
      Clock Repair
    a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc (which is closed)
  a dashing hat (being worn)

>l

Among Whites
Few bottles remain -- the countess was exceedingly fond of her Rieslings, and it
required constant restocking to keep this portion of the cellar properly
supplied during her life.

An open magenta door leads west.

A closed blue door leads east.

An open green door leads north.

You can also see a puddle of mead here.

>drink from sponge
You can't see any such thing.

>i
You are carrying:
  a blue bottle (which is closed)
  a sponge (sodden)
  a white handkerchief
  On Vegetable Dyes
  a Chocolate Recipe
  a plate
  a navy cloak (being worn)
  a pearl necklace (being worn)
  a sack (which is open)
    a rope ladder
    a red glass jar (which is closed)
      some water (which fills the red glass jar to the brim)
    some documents
    an iron key (which opens the magenta door leading west)
    a round metal tin (which is open but empty)
    a blue glass jar (which is closed)
      some sea-salt (which leaves the blue glass jar about half full)
    an old letter
    a dark wooden box (which is open)
      a mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the sunlight)
    some household papers
    a small portrait
    a stone block
    a crumpled paper
    two metal dishes:
      a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty)
      a cup
    a burnt scrap of paper
    a butcher knife
    a swordstick
      a sword
    a snuffbox (which is open)
      a quantity of snuff
    two recipe cylinders:
      a Lentil Soup Recipe
      an Andouillettes Recipe
    eleven food items:
      an onion skin
      some hunks of salt pork
      some lentils
      a peeled onion
      some apples
      a clove of garlic
      some andouillettes
      a loaf of stale bread
      a sprig of mint
      a sprig of parsley
      a bay leaf
    three books:
      The Lavori d'Aracne
      Guide to Assorted Wines
      Clock Repair
    a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc (which is closed)
  a dashing hat (being worn)

>drink mead
From the ground?

>no
That was a rhetorical question.

>drink mead
From the ground?

>drink mead from sponge
I only understood you as far as wanting to drink the mead.

>drink mead
From the ground?

>yes
That was a rhetorical question.

>drink sponge
That isn't something you can drink.

>squeeze sponge into red jar
You wring out the sponge, causing it to drip mead into the red glass jar. Some
of it overflows a bit.   The mead mixes with what was already there.

>drink red jar
That isn't something you can drink.

In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity quite at random a salad of dressed
spinach greens in a vinaigrette, tossed with curried walnuts, such as they did
at the house of the Princesse when you visited her last summer. Or perhaps creme
caramel, elegantly centered in its pool of sweet liquid and garnished with
three-- no, make it four-- fresh raspberries.

>drink from jar
The blue glass jar isn't open.

>drink from red jar
You can't see any such thing.

>drink from red
You can't see any such thing.

>x red jar
A red glass container with a wide mouth and a stopper. The glass is molded with
a design of vines and clustering grapes around the top.

>i
You are carrying:
  a blue bottle (which is closed)
  a sponge
  a white handkerchief
  On Vegetable Dyes
  a Chocolate Recipe
  a plate
  a navy cloak (being worn)
  a pearl necklace (being worn)
  a sack (which is open)
    a rope ladder
    a red glass jar (which is closed)
      a mixture of mead and water (which fills the red glass jar to the brim)
    some documents
    an iron key (which opens the magenta door leading west)
    a round metal tin (which is open but empty)
    a blue glass jar (which is closed)
      some sea-salt (which leaves the blue glass jar about half full)
    an old letter
    a dark wooden box (which is open)
      a mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the sunlight)
    some household papers
    a small portrait
    a stone block
    a crumpled paper
    two metal dishes:
      a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty)
      a cup
    a burnt scrap of paper
    a butcher knife
    a swordstick
      a sword
    a snuffbox (which is open)
      a quantity of snuff
    two recipe cylinders:
      a Lentil Soup Recipe
      an Andouillettes Recipe
    eleven food items:
      an onion skin
      some hunks of salt pork
      some lentils
      a peeled onion
      some apples
      a clove of garlic
      some andouillettes
      a loaf of stale bread
      a sprig of mint
      a sprig of parsley
      a bay leaf
    three books:
      The Lavori d'Aracne
      Guide to Assorted Wines
      Clock Repair
    a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc (which is closed)
  a dashing hat (being worn)

>get jar
Which do you mean, the red glass jar or the blue glass jar?

>red
(putting the plate into the sack to make room)
Taken.

>drink it
That isn't something you can drink.

>drink from it
You can't see any such thing.

>x it
A red glass container with a wide mouth and a stopper. The glass is molded with
a design of vines and clustering grapes around the top.

>i
You are carrying:
  a red glass jar (which is closed)
    a mixture of mead and water (which fills the red glass jar to the brim)
  a blue bottle (which is closed)
  a sponge
  a white handkerchief
  On Vegetable Dyes
  a Chocolate Recipe
  a navy cloak (being worn)
  a pearl necklace (being worn)
  a sack (which is open)
    a rope ladder
    some documents
    an iron key (which opens the magenta door leading west)
    a round metal tin (which is open but empty)
    a blue glass jar (which is closed)
      some sea-salt (which leaves the blue glass jar about half full)
    an old letter
    a dark wooden box (which is open)
      a mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the sunlight)
    some household papers
    a small portrait
    a stone block
    a crumpled paper
    a burnt scrap of paper
    a butcher knife
    a swordstick
      a sword
    a snuffbox (which is open)
      a quantity of snuff
    two recipe cylinders:
      a Lentil Soup Recipe
      an Andouillettes Recipe
    eleven food items:
      an onion skin
      some hunks of salt pork
      some lentils
      a peeled onion
      some apples
      a clove of garlic
      some andouillettes
      a loaf of stale bread
      a sprig of mint
      a sprig of parsley
      a bay leaf
    three books:
      The Lavori d'Aracne
      Guide to Assorted Wines
      Clock Repair
    a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc (which is closed)
    three metal dishes:
      a plate
      a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty)
      a cup
  a dashing hat (being worn)

>[Oops, I just squeezed the mead into a closed jar]
You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.

>open jar
(the red glass jar)
You open the red glass jar.

>drink mixture
You take a long draft of the mead and water, leaving a considerable quantity
behind. 
>[no carriage return]
That's not a verb I recognize.

>[Wow.  IF Barbie says, "Coding liquids is Hard!"]
You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.

>drink mixture
You tip back the red glass jar and take a long draft of the mead and water,
leaving a considerable quantity behind. 
>g
You take a small sip of the mead and water, leaving only another few sips. 
In your hunger, you find yourself dreaming a salad of dressed spinach greens in
a vinaigrette, tossed with curried walnuts, such as they did at the house of the
Princesse when you visited her last summer. Or perhaps an omelette of herbs and
chives.

>g
You upendthe red glass jar and take a sip of the mead and water, leaving only
another sip or two. 
>[no space in 'upendthe'.]
That's not a verb I recognize.

>drink mixture
You take a long draft of the mead and water, finishing it off. 
>g
You can't see any such thing.

>spit
That's not a verb I recognize.

>diagnose
On the verge of swooning from hunger.

>swoon
That's not a verb I recognize.

>u
You can go only north, east or west.

>w

Among Reds
Almost all gone now, though the labels still adhere to the racks, indicating
where a '67 rested, or an '82, waiting to be taken up to the dining room.

An open magenta door leads east.

There is a grey-blue trap door closed in the middle of the room, just visible
among the dust as a less-dusty area.

An open grey-blue door leads north.

>u
You can go only north, east or down.

>n

Wine Cellar Antechamber
The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams overhead
support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays everything.

An open grey-blue door leads south.

A closed red door leads east.

A closed magenta door leads northeast.

The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- stands open to
the west.

A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the vault,
where the best wines were kept during your youth.

>w

Bottom of Servants' Staircase
An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house and the
walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does not leave much room
to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed lest anyone trip with a
priceless bottle of wine.

The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- stands open to
the east.

An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar.

>u

Kitchen Corridor
A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a thick
separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to discourage fires.
A small staircase leads down.

Double doors give west onto the main house.

>e

Kitchen
A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke has tinged
the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are prepared. In addition,
there are thick high tables that run the length of the room. 

To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is the
corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is the little
scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants sleep.

On the kitchen tables is a delicate contraption (which is empty).

>e

Kitchen Garden
West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is planted
with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open doorway. To its
right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow of a pipe that comes
through the wall.

In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in another is the
antique sundial.

In your hunger, you find yourself dreaming a salad of dressed spinach greens in
a vinaigrette, tossed with curried walnuts, such as they did at the house of the
Princesse when you visited her last summer. Or perhaps curls of toasted bread,
dripping with butter.

>close red jar
You close the red glass jar.

>fill jar from well
(the red glass jar from the well)
The red glass jar is closed.

>[Heh, caught that one]
You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.

>fill pot
What do you want to fill the hinge-lidded teapot with?

>water
(first taking the hinge-lidded teapot)
(putting the Chocolate Recipe into the sack to make room)
Taken.

You put a body of water in the hinge-lidded teapot. This fills the hinge-lidded
teapot to the brim.

>[that phrasing still sounds awkward]
That's not a verb I recognize.

>drink water from teapot
You tip back the hinge-lidded teapot and take a sip of the water, leaving a
considerable quantity behind. It tastes cool and bracing, with the slight
mineral tang peculiar to this area.

>[Oh, hey, I get the bug with the no return ;-)  No taste for the mixture!]
You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.

>g
You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.

>drink water from teapot
You take a sip of the water, leaving a considerable quantity behind. It tastes
cool and bracing, with the slight mineral tang peculiar to this area.

>drink water from teapot
You take a sip of the water, leaving only another few sips. It tastes cool and
bracing, with the slight mineral tang peculiar to this area.

>drink water from teapot
You take a small sip of the water, leaving only another sip or two. It tastes
cool and bracing, with the slight mineral tang peculiar to this area.

>drink water from teapot
You take a sip of the water, leaving only enough for another sip. It tastes cool
and bracing, with the slight mineral tang peculiar to this area.

>drink water from teapot
You take a sip of the water, finishing it off. It tastes cool and bracing, with
the slight mineral tang peculiar to this area.

>script off

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