He was surely far too young to be the proprietor. Indian XXX Twenty minutes later we were back in the Royal Mile, just a few hundred yards from the tearoom. Oops! On this occasion the waiter
remained silent and I desperately searched round in my head for a suitable opening gambit. We got to the door of the tearoom and it seemed to meet with Aunt Mary’s approval. The place was about half full and Mary’s smile
became even more radiant as she noted that every occupied table had a cake-stand firmly rooted in the centre. We found an unoccupied table near the window and sat down. At last I managed to blurt out something like, ‘Nice tea room, never been in it before’
‘Thank you, sir. This suited me fine since it gave me all the more opportunity to observe this particularly attractive waiter in action.Having consumed the contents of the teapot – was it really silver? I did that but could see no sign of the waiter from the tearoom. it takes two comfortably.’
I wasn’t sure if this was an invitation or just a simple statement about the facilities in his place of residence so I let it go and, having assured him that I would love to see his flat, I turned towards the bar and ordered two more vodka and cokes.
