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Dinner that evening was a more sociable affair than it had been the night before. For one thing the guests, particularly the womenfolk had become better acquainted and so were more chatty. For another, there were no speeches. Politics were left alone. A further reason may have been that Lady Bethesda told them there was a play on television that her husband wished to see and which he thought might interest them. It lasted about an hour and they could resume their discussions afterwards if they desired to do so. It started at 8.15 so the meal was a little shorter than previously.
They mostly occupied the same seats as before. Sandra was again next to Ewen and as Gwennie Wren was on the same side of the table they could not exchange the hostile glances they might have done had they been vis-à-vis.