The Five Word Novel

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sou'westerly. After a sip
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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(a policeman drinking on duty!)
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they arrived at a most
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unusual mooring, given the type
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. Coincidentally, at this very moment,
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the maiden’s father dropped the
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decanter. The room fell silent
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as it fell, and bounced
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and was caught by Forrester.
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But the stopper had broken
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, so drinking now was imperative.
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Glug, as the policeman slurps
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not sips as he did
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previously. ‟Why is there sediment?”
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"I thought you decanted this?"
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Have you consulted The Port
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Steward?" demanded the policeman as
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he grabs back the decanter
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. "Coffee filter! I need a
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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glass to drink and this
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one is the wrong shape!!
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Meanwhile, the girl with big
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glasses of port ready for
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the guests arriving suddenly noticed
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a stain had appeared on
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the ceiling. Blood! cried Forrester
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The wet reddish stain drips
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onto the previously clean muslin,
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rendering it useless for decanting
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. The girl wept as she
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Dropped a bottle of port
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, vintage of course, all over
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the Baron's new map of
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gentleman's Commonwealth cricketing outposts. Fortunately
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, cricket is of no interest
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to peasants, but a gentleman
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prefers blondes.

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crackles as Test Match Special
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finishes. "Plums, violets, cigar smoke"?
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Bumble wondered as he sipped
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the Cockburn 1873. "It's like
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very expensive vinegar, made by
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multiple generations in the Douro
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of angry and extremely hairy
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Australians, who usually prefer extreme
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ironing, dangling from cliffs photographing
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natives. Meanwhile, behind a bush,
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a bottle of Port is
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boiling quietly in the heat.
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The label is clearly fake,
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