In this story, Robert Silverberg takes us south from Almeri to languid Gius on the Claritant Peninsula, washed by the Klorpentine Sea - a fragrant land that gives peace, as much as it can be on the Dying Earth. Here we will meet a poet and philosopher who takes too close to heart the wise ancient saying: “Eat, drink and be merry, because tomorrow we all die.” Especially “Drink.”