44 Scotland Street. The Prime of Bertie Pollock, Chapter 65: Silence

The guests arrived, none of them late, as an evening with Angus and Domenica was eagerly looked forward to by everyone who had received an invitation and even, somewhat wistfully, by those who had not. Domenica played the hostess, as she always did, with a real feeling for the needs of her guests: nobody was left out, nobody was stuck in a corner, unable to escape an earnest conversation that he or she might prefer, on balance, not to have. Domenica moved from room to room, topping up a glass he...