"Sorry I couldn't have been there. What did you give them?"
"Soup, fish salad, cutlets, chocolate soufflé, sardines on toast."
"What drink?"
"Sherry, claret, lemonade for Charlotte, whisky."
"Any catastrophes?"
"No, I don't think so. Bentinck-Major sang afterwards."
"Hum--not sorry I missed that. When was it over?"
"About eleven."
"What did you ask them for?"
"For the Ronders."