Purpose.—To specify some polite usages at table.
Method.—A conversation.
The Lesson.
I would like you to tell me some things about table manners. You may think of polite ways of asking for things at table, and I will write them on the blackboard as you give them. But first you may tell me whom you should ask.
“A servant, if there is one.”
And if not?
“Any one who can easily reach what is wanted.”
You may tell me how to ask.
“Please pass the bread.”
“May I ask you for the bread?”