  This is one of Eve’s great moments in the day—namely, arriving last at a big dinner party. She knows full well the effect of this tardy coming—this bursting upon a collection of delighted if hungry men and curious and envious women—instead of trickling in with the others at the proper time But the above manoeuvre is a very catching habit, and each little Eve, anxious not to be the first to arrive, delays the hour of dining. Here we see a vivid picture of a hostess and her male guests sharing the knowledge that the soup is cold and the dinner going to blazes Eve has suffered overmuch lately from Aunt Matilda and Major Bore, so in a spirit of devilish revenge she brings them together in a little party À trois and tells each of them that the other is very deaf. The consequence was that they screamed away at each other until their tiresome voices were stilled for an appreciable period |
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