Our dear friend John invited us to lunch, to celebrate his birthday. He is a tall, healthy looking, still reasonably fit mid-eighties ex Navy man. A torpedo just missed his ship during the war and he tells the story with gusto. He is brave, and it’s just as well ...
“I don’t want to have the lunch on my actual birthday,” he explained. “It’s the 13th and unfortunately falls on Friday, you see. Some people may be superstitious about something bad happening ... I’m not at all, but I know some folks take this seriously.”
We switched to Saturday and were all dressed up and ready to go at mid-day, as we waited for Maggie, the doyenne of the dinner party circle, who had kindly offered to drive us to the restaurant, having offered to first pick up John.
We were to meet up with the other guests at the wonderful La Petite Maison, John’s splendid choice for a lunch party.
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