I’ve just come back from Tessa and Stuart Wheeler’s stunning house, Dar Sinclair, in Tangier. It’s a lovely time of year to go: the sun was shining, the sea was warm, the souk was beckoning. But this was Stuart’s annual bridge week — so naturally we hardly stepped outdoors.
The bridge gang included Andrew Robson (the ‘resident pro’), his partner Alexander Allfrey, and several seasoned Portland players like Patrick Lawrence, Bernard Teltcher and Giles Hargreaves. We discussed and analysed hands non-stop, even during meals, on car journeys and at the airport. What poor Tessa and her two non-bridge-playing guests made of us, I hate to think; but she assures me she’s used to it.
The cards produced plenty of drama.
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