5. WHEN TO BE SILENT
[A silent guest might tell this to show that he had found a way to be of greatest service at a banquet.]
Mrs. Penfield—"My husband has found a way by which he says I am of the greatest help to him in his literary work."
Mrs. Hillaire—"How nice that must be for you, my dear! But how are you able to do it?"
Mrs. Penfield—"As soon as I see him at his desk I go into another room and keep perfectly quiet until he has finished."