ratafia

ratafia

“Monsieur Aubanel, cria le curé de Méthamis, libraire et imprimeur de notre Saint Père le Pape! Jacomone, Jacomone! apporte vite les petits verres, que nous buvions une goutte de ratafia de Goult à la santé de l’Almanach provençal et des félibres!” — "Mr Aubanel," cried the parish priest of Méthamis, "bookseller and printer of our Holy Father the Pope! Jacomone, Jacomone! Bring the small glasses quickly; let us drink a drop of ratafia from Goult [a commune in the Vaucluse department] to the health of the Provençal Almanac and the félibres [members of a fellowship promoting the literature and culture of Provence]!"