Every Sense In The Hooligan

Poul Anderson, A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows IN Anderson, Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight Of Terra (Riverdale, NY, 2012), pp. 339-606 AT I, pp. 342-343.

Flandry and his son:

sit on padded maroon benches;

see nacreous gray bulkheads;

drink Scotch whisky;

smoke cigarettes;

feel warm air;

hear dance music;

smell lilacs;

also see the blue full Terra near Luna against stars and darkness in a viewscreen.

Flandy's philosophy is enjoy decadence while it lasts. The message of the Technic History is that it will not last.