Mary Killen Mary Killen

Dear Mary… | 30 September 2006

Etiquette advice from The Spectator's Miss Manners

issue 30 September 2006

Q. One of my neighbours displays the most extraordinary behaviour when I go to dinner. When the guests arrive they are not offered a drink, even a soft one, for at least 15 minutes. He then pours one bottle of wine into tiny glasses. He later replenishes his own glass at the expense of his guests’.

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