The Dinner Party
“Ellen was in the process of rehearsing Nellie Clough. Nellie knew, but each time she had to be rehearsed, and if she was not rehearsed, some disaster inevitably followed. “Mr. MacKenzie,” Ellen said—to Nellie he was always Mr. MacKenzie—“will carve in the kitchen and serve the meat. I will prepare the platter for the beans and chopped spinach. We’ll go over that later. You will follow Mr. MacKenzie with the vegetable platter. Do you understand me, girl?”
“I know what to do.”
“You do and you don...’t. The quenelle will be ready in the kitchen, and you’ll serve that first as Mr. MacKenzie pours the wine.” She turned to her husband. “None of the young people had breakfast. Liz and Leonard went off to the airport. Where is Mr. Jones?”
“He’s just a kid, Ellen.”
“Shoo off,” she said to Nellie. “Did you do the bedrooms?”
“Indeed I did.”
“Run the vacuum in the library—he’s a guest in this house,” she said to her husband, “and he will be Mr.MoreLess
“I know what to do.”
“You do and you don...’t. The quenelle will be ready in the kitchen, and you’ll serve that first as Mr. MacKenzie pours the wine.” She turned to her husband. “None of the young people had breakfast. Liz and Leonard went off to the airport. Where is Mr. Jones?”
“He’s just a kid, Ellen.”
“Shoo off,” she said to Nellie. “Did you do the bedrooms?”
“Indeed I did.”
“Run the vacuum in the library—he’s a guest in this house,” she said to her husband, “and he will be Mr.MoreLess
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