Mike Schofield, a stock broker, invited the narrator and a gourmet,Richard Pratt , who could identify wine by its taste and smell. Several dinners before this, Richard and Mike had a bet that if Richard could identify the wine served in which Pratt have always won. That night, Schofield prepared a special, rare wine in which made him believe that Pratt could not identify. At the dinner, they both decided to bet that if Schofield won, he would receive two of Pratt's houses and if Pratt won, he would receive the hand of Mike's daughter,Louise in marriage. After tasting the wine, Pratt managed to get the correct answer. Then, the house maid appeared and passed a pair of spectacles to Pratt, saying that he misplaced it in Schofield's study where Pratt told Schofield to put his wine when he went in by himself that night.
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