Yes. It took four men, all four ablaze with gorgeous decoration, and the Chief of them unable to exist with fewer than two gold watches in his pocket, emulative of the noble and chaste fashion set by Monseigneur, to conduct the happy chocolate to Monseigneur's lips. One lacquey carried the chocolate-pot into the sacred presence; a second, milled and frothed the chocolate with the little instrument he bore for that function; a third, presented the favoured napkin; a fourth (he of the two gold watches), poured the chocolate out. It was impossible for Monseigneur to dispense with one of these
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Interesting metaphor! Chocolate here represents indulgence and the high power of the aristocats during this time period. Monseigneur lives in *extreme* luxury, even being fed by multiple servants. Once again, Dickens comments on how the wealthy overconsume materials, and the social divide that exists between the upper and lower classes.
