"What?" Something about the English army, which sounds like a good story. "Was it the English they were fighting? They won? Well alright then, I like these Americans!" The whole Carnival connection doesn't especially click for him; it's not what they do at home. But he likes it too here, the mad bustle. It's as good as the Christmas-season feasts.

If Bahorel is going to drink from the new bottle, he's going to snag back Bahorel's bottle and drink from that, so there. "Do they do like this in France?"