“Have you been at the Rose and Crown for long?”
“Not very long, my Lord.”
“We have been very well served and I would like to thank the cook and tell her that both dishes were excellent.”
“I will convey your message to the kitchen, my Lord,” Shana said, leaving the dining room.
When she had gone one of the Marquis’s guests remarked,
“I think you should have spoken to the cook yourself. She might come in handy on occasions, one never knows.”
“I agree,” another joined in. “Good cooks are hard to find in the country and one never knows when one might need one.”
“Especially if they look like the young woman who waited on us,” one of the others said.
They laughed at this exchange.
Then Bob came in with the excellent port the Marquis had provided.
He took it round the table and when he
