Benedict Cumberbatch and Jude Law read letters about some VERY potent whiskey

foreign Fifth Avenue New York Walston H Brown Esquire April 16 1887. my dear friend I send you some of the most wonderful whiskey that ever drove the skeleton from a feast or painted landscapes in the brain of man it is the mingled Souls of Wheat and corn in it you will find the sunshine in the shadows that chaste each other over the billowy fields the breath of June the Carol of the Lark the Dews of night the wealth of Summer and Autumn's Rich content all golden within prison light drink it and you will hear the voices of men and maidens singing The Harvest Home mingled with the laughter of children drink it and you will feel within your blood the star-lit dawns the dreamy Tawny dusks of many perfect days for 40 years this liquid Joy has been within the happy staves of Oak longing to touch the lips of men yours always RJ Ingersoll my dear Bob I return to you some of the most wonderful whiskey that ever brought a skeleton into the closet or painted scenes of lust and bloodshed in the brain of man it is the ghost of Wheat and corn crazed by the loss of their natural bodies in it you will find a transient Sunshine chased by a shadow as cold as an Arctic midnight in which the breath of June grows icy and the Carol of the Lark gives place to the foreboding Cry Of The Raven drink it and you will have woe sorrow babbling and wounds without cause your eyes Shall Behold strange women and your heart shall utter perverse things drink it and you shall hear the voices of demons shrieking women wailing children mourning the loss of a father who yet lives drink it and long serpents will hiss in your ears coil themselves about your neck and seize you with their fangs that lasted biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an Adam for 40 years this liquid death has been confined with staves of Oak harmless there as pure water I send it to your mouth to steal away your brains and yet I call you my friend Reverend Dr J.M Buckley [Applause]

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Published: Thu Jul 20 2023