[In one sense, anyway. Beer, after all, has been reserved for an Oxford frame of mind: easily accessible, a great equalizer, and he could actually hold it down without complication. Hard liquor, however, is where his talents and weaknesses both lie. He's acquainted enough to be annoyingly discerning and abused it enough to know that it hits harder than the swill in England ever had. That is what he keeps exclusively around the house...or he had, at least. Whether that's the case here or not remains to be seen.
Not wanting that comment to hang in the air too long, Charles wastes little time in "waving" someone over. (Which is to say that the gesture is more performative than it is useful when he's gotten their attention through more covert means.)]
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[In one sense, anyway. Beer, after all, has been reserved for an Oxford frame of mind: easily accessible, a great equalizer, and he could actually hold it down without complication. Hard liquor, however, is where his talents and weaknesses both lie. He's acquainted enough to be annoyingly discerning and abused it enough to know that it hits harder than the swill in England ever had. That is what he keeps exclusively around the house...or he had, at least. Whether that's the case here or not remains to be seen.
Not wanting that comment to hang in the air too long, Charles wastes little time in "waving" someone over. (Which is to say that the gesture is more performative than it is useful when he's gotten their attention through more covert means.)]