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The Dinner Party Summary In English |
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Answer» The lesson ‘The Dinner Party” written by Mona Gardner explains about the importance of self-control. A colonial official and his wife are giving a large dinner party for the army officers and government officials and their wives, and a visiting American naturalist. A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl and a woman. The American notices the servant place a bowl of milk on the veranda just outside the open doors. He realizes there must be cobra in the room. The American told all that he would count three hundred, that was five minutes and not one of you is to move a muscle. Those who move will forfeit fifty rupees. The twenty people sat like stone images by the ti pie the cobra emerged and went to the varanda where the bowl of milk kept. The colonel appreciated the American who has just shown us an example of perfect control. |
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