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Would monsieur care for another bottle of Chateau Latour?

— Waiter  ·  The Jerk

A dark green wine bottle draped with a white napkin beside a glass of red wine and a small bunch of grapes.
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The waiter offers another bottle using a courteous question and the formal address 'monsieur'. The wording gives a simple offer of more wine an air of ceremony. Nothing is demanded; the choice is left to the guest through carefully deferential language.

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