| Quote #1 […] you pulled the neck of the flask down with the forefinger and the wine, clear, red, tannic and lovely, poured out into the glass held with the same hand." (2.8) |
This is quite a contrast to all the bad wine the soldiers drink later on in the novel.
| Quote #2 I had treated seeing Catherine very lightly, I had gotten somewhat drunk and had nearly forgotten to come but when I could not see her there I was feeling lonely and hollow. (8.89) |
The wine both magnifies and interferes with Frederic’s desire to see Catherine.
| Quote #3 "I won’t kiss you if you don’t want. I’ll send your English girl. Good-by, baby. The cognac is under the bed." (10.73) |
Gosh, that Rinaldi is flirty. And he knows the way to Frederic’s heart – booze under the bed!