Last Thursday evening, we had friends over for dinner. Susan and Martin and Gregor and his wife. Everyone came at eight on the dot. Susan and Martin brought us a bottle of wine, and Gregor and his wife came with a bunch of beautiful flowers.
My wife cooked a very good meal. Cold cream of mushroom soup, a Swedish salmon dish, Lamb Wellington, and to finish with, an English Jam pudding. The meal was fantastic. No one spoke a word.
And, no one spoke a word after the meal! This dinner was a disaster. A very bad mix of very nice people. No one could think of anything to say. An uncomfortable silence. This was an evening that never took off. And I tried as hard as I could.
The next day, everyone phoned. They thanked us for a wonderful evening. It was not a very good evening. It was desperately bad. And, these things happen in life.
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