Mrs Franks had Sophie"s additional appetite to satisfy over the weekend shoot, augmented to the existing forty she expected. To her fully stocked larder Serena proposed to add a variety of smoked pork sausages, cornbread, pulses and herbs. Bags of ice from the kitchen at Eton Square were packaged for the transportation home stacked beside travelling bags in the boot of the car.
The conversation in the Bentley had been muted somewhat with Serena and myself focused on more general points than our own relationship, and George and Sophie being separated by Mrs Squires, who was constantly being coached in the preparation of Portuguese soup and stew as per Serena"s recipe. Mrs Squires was coming to help in the kitchen at The Hall, but by the reflection I occasionally caught in the driving mirro
