Frank can’t hear Alice’s response, but a moment later Alice reappears, followed by Jasmine, Romaine, and Hero, and yells up the stairs, “Food! Food!” Within fifteen seconds a dozen teenagers have stampeded down the stairs, slowing gently as they pass the grown-ups, and then filing in and out of the kitchen with paper plates piled with sausages and mash and onion gravy. They take the plates to the sitting room and close the door behind them.
I DECLARE ALICE TO WORK AT A SOUP KITCHEN SHE IS JUST GREAT FOR THE JOB
