The Chappaqua SpreadThe house in Chappaqua was a light-yellow center-hall colonial with green shutters. It was far larger than Eileen’s house in Tuckahoe. It had five bedrooms and a large (and updated) kitchen with a screened-in porch and large patio. It sat on a one-acre lot and had deer fencing around large swaths of the garden.
The Chappaqua Spread was big. On a Saturday in mid-June it was the scene for a pre-wedding party. The same gang-of-nine that was in Tuckahoe before were joined by Betty’s two boys, Peter and Michael, and a number of Mary’s and Betty’s friends and colleagues enjoying a beautiful late-Spring dinner. Tom and Eileen effortlessly assumed the roles of hosts and they did it together as naturally as though they’d been doing it for years.
With the plates cleared and the
