Everyone began to sit around the table until, one by one, they realized there was a problem that should have been self-evident from the beginning. The seating arrangement would just not work. The old Mr. George sat at the head of the table. Regularly, Lucy, William, and Jenny sat to his left. Elizabeth, Richard, and Stephen sat to his right.
This had worked just fine for a long time. Now that there was nine people though, it was as through a monkey wrench had been thrown into the gears. Nancy and Vivian were new comers, so they didn’t know there was a system. Not thinking anything of it, they both took seats on the right side of the old Mr. George.
Not wanting to be a part of the squabbling that was bound to happen, Lucy and William took their seats on the left of the old Mr. George. Sin
