A shipment of Pernod Absinthe has arrived at the club, along with a new glass fountain. The Regent has asked Étienne to teach the boys how to serve it, but a stubborn Englishman proposes a "quicker" way. Amidst tensions, the complicity of the bartender, a mischievous customer, and a bottle of Pernod Absinthe, conflicts will be resolved through desire.