Crossword-Solution: ASSAIS 6 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

There is in these countries a species of dark violet wine, which is got from the juice of the palm, and the aromatic flavor of this _“assais”_ is greatly appreciated by the Brazilans, and of it there were on board a respectable number of frasques (each holding a little more than half a gallon), which would probably be emptied before they arrived at Para.

The pretty village of Assais was among the foremost to declare itself devoted to the republic, following the lead of the Marquise de Lancy, the widowed châtelaine of the castle of Assais, who, although a Russian by birth, was an enthusiastic supporter of the new government.

Towards the end of September, however, the Marquise had departed for England, leaving the castle in the charge of a cousin, the Baron de Nouart, who had arrived at Assais only a short time previously in company with the brother of the Marquise, a Russian count.

The Baron was reported to have been so busy in Germany in the French interest that an asylum in the castle of Assais was exceedingly welcome to him.

Assais had hitherto escaped any visit from the Prussian soldiery, but its time of immunity had passed.