Next, the butler announced dinner and all three of them walked into the dining room.
It was quite obvious from the way Mr. Watson ate and drank that he intended to enjoy himself at his friend’s expense.
In fact Yolanda had never seen any man drink so much so quickly. A footman filled up his glass as soon as he put it down.
Much of the men’s conversation contained innuendos. Fortunately Yolanda did not understand – not that she wanted to.
She thought that Cecil Watson was repulsive in his appearance and in the way he spoke.
The over-familiar look in his eyes when he paid her a compliment, which he did frequently, made her dislike him even more.
She could not imagine her father, even if he knew a man like this, bringing him home to meet her mother.
Equally she just supposed as her s
