The Spare Room
“Stolly had asked me a couple of weeks beforehand.
My old man’s turning fifty soon, he said one day in the refectory.
Your old man? I said.
You know, he said. My dad. He’s having a big party. And you’re invited.
The party was on a Sunday. I dressed in my suit. It was only the second time I’d worn it. The first was for our official welcome party in the week of my arrival. That seemed like a lifetime ago. Stolly came by and picked me up. By then I knew that wine was the appropriate offering to tak...e to a party. Not oranges. I carefully chose a bottle of red wine. When Stolly saw it, he laughed.
Talk about coal to Newcastle, he said.
What? I said.
My old man’s got more wine than you could poke a stick at. If it were Armageddon tomorrow he could just go down into his cellar and drink himself into oblivion.
There were still times when I didn’t understand the things Stolly said.
Stolly’s parents lived in a large house painted white. Outside were a lot of trees that Stolly said were typical of Greece.MoreLess
My old man’s turning fifty soon, he said one day in the refectory.
Your old man? I said.
You know, he said. My dad. He’s having a big party. And you’re invited.
The party was on a Sunday. I dressed in my suit. It was only the second time I’d worn it. The first was for our official welcome party in the week of my arrival. That seemed like a lifetime ago. Stolly came by and picked me up. By then I knew that wine was the appropriate offering to tak...e to a party. Not oranges. I carefully chose a bottle of red wine. When Stolly saw it, he laughed.
Talk about coal to Newcastle, he said.
What? I said.
My old man’s got more wine than you could poke a stick at. If it were Armageddon tomorrow he could just go down into his cellar and drink himself into oblivion.
There were still times when I didn’t understand the things Stolly said.
Stolly’s parents lived in a large house painted white. Outside were a lot of trees that Stolly said were typical of Greece.MoreLess
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