Strangers in Company (1973)
“Marian had finished her ouzo, and the rest of the party was already in the dining room, when she appeared. “Sorry, Mrs. F., we’d better go right in, hadn’t we? I wonder what our doom will be tonight.”
In fact, they found a whole empty table awaiting them and dined, restfully, alone. Miss Gear and Miss Grange were absent, and an empty place at another table caught Stella’s eye. “Mike’s out on the tiles again. Let’s be devils and have a bottle of wine, Mrs. F. After all, I missed my ouzo.” She ca...ught a hurrying waiter’s eye and ordered white Demestica. “I warn you, in a night or so I’m going to make you try the retsina.”
“That pine-flavoured stuff? Must I?”
“You’ll like it in the end. It’s like oysters—habit-forming. And good for you. What about Mistra tomorrow, by the way?” She had waited until the wine arrived, been poured and happily sipped. “Do we still think we’ll opt out?”
“Well—” Marian had been thinking about this. “What do you think?MoreLess
In fact, they found a whole empty table awaiting them and dined, restfully, alone. Miss Gear and Miss Grange were absent, and an empty place at another table caught Stella’s eye. “Mike’s out on the tiles again. Let’s be devils and have a bottle of wine, Mrs. F. After all, I missed my ouzo.” She ca...ught a hurrying waiter’s eye and ordered white Demestica. “I warn you, in a night or so I’m going to make you try the retsina.”
“That pine-flavoured stuff? Must I?”
“You’ll like it in the end. It’s like oysters—habit-forming. And good for you. What about Mistra tomorrow, by the way?” She had waited until the wine arrived, been poured and happily sipped. “Do we still think we’ll opt out?”
“Well—” Marian had been thinking about this. “What do you think?MoreLess
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