here here :
At my question, why can't the next glass be served normally, the lady, less doubting, declares to me that she throws ice into my glass, the wine, meanwhile, and will cool. The fact that it will be wine diluted with water, she apparently does not understand in principle. ;D...
“Singularity, routine,” she continued, “this is what causes grief. Excursions, lunches, theaters, balls, dinners - and on the whole the goldenness of the wealth beating through the edge. Sometimes even a crunch of ice cream in my glass of champagne can make me crazy.
Mr. Parkenstecker seemed to listen to her with unfailing interest.
“I always liked,” he said, “to read and listen to the life of the rich and the great world society. I must be a little snob. I like to have accurate information about everything. I had the idea that champagne is frozen in bottles, not put ice right into glasses.
“Let you know,” she explained in a complacent tone, “that we, people of empty class, often entertain ourselves by violating established traditions. Just recently it is fashionable to put ice in champagne...."