Juba! (2015)
“CHAPTER SIX The dance program was supposed to start at seven in the evening, and the dinner was going to be at six. But by five thirty the place was already filling up. Miss Lilly said all the Irish dancers had invited their friends and family, and some other people from the nearby Roman Catholic churches had come as well. Most of them had never been to Almack’s before, and they were looking around the large room with the dance floor and at the black help who were setting up tables. Pete had bo...rrowed four tables from a nearby café to add to the five he had stored away. I could see Stubby beginning to sweat.
“He said he was going to make the girls who dance here do the serving,” Stubby said.
“Can you handle that many women?” I asked him.
Stubby smiled and said he would do his best.
I felt myself getting nervous as six o’clock arrived. When I saw Stubby coming out with a tray of bowls, followed by four girls with the same kind of bowls, I was as curious as the other spectators.MoreLess
“He said he was going to make the girls who dance here do the serving,” Stubby said.
“Can you handle that many women?” I asked him.
Stubby smiled and said he would do his best.
I felt myself getting nervous as six o’clock arrived. When I saw Stubby coming out with a tray of bowls, followed by four girls with the same kind of bowls, I was as curious as the other spectators.MoreLess
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