You can drink “a chalice of wine” just as easily as you can drink “a cup of wine.”
The chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison.
Get it?
The chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison.
...I can’t believe it took 16 posts for someone to bring that up...
...don’t forget the ‘flagon with the dragon’ and the ‘brew that is true’...