The meal done, we retire from the dining area and out over the open floor and the dance area. On stage, the show alternates between music and calls from the compère ‘to be generous’.
Side by side with my Master, I follow Grace’s advice. Introduced to one stranger after another, I let the faces blur to my replies of, “Yes, lovely to meet you too…”
“Yes, it’s such a good cause…”
such“No, it’s my first time at an event like this.”
A flash and, startled, I recoil. But again, it’s only a photographer, arching brows in question as he taps at a name badge. Adrian Spencer - City News. Once more, I nod, pose and make some polite comment.
Adrian Spencer - City News.A flash or two more and, “Thank you, Mrs Haswell.” He moves on.
Turning away, I’ve become separated. Scanning for my Master, I hea
