Reservations Recommended, Chapter 5 continues: THEY RISE from their seats. Matthew’s astonished to find that he doesn’t feel in the least embarrassed. He doesn’t feel like a middle-aged man hiding a stain on his pants; he feels like a young scamp running out on the check. He laughs, in spite of everything, possibly at himself. The man he usually thinks of himself as would be mortified, but right now that man seems like a fool. Matthew even dares to draw attention to his predicament, tapping the menu against his front while he waits for Leila to slide out from behind the table, flaunting his coolness in the face of adversity. ...
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Reservations Recommended, Chapter 5 continues: THEY RISE from their seats. Matthew’s astonished to find that he doesn’t feel in the least embarrassed. He doesn’t feel like a middle-aged man hiding a stain on his pants; he feels like a young scamp running out on the check. He laughs, in spite of everything, possibly at himself. The man he usually thinks of himself as would be mortified, but right now that man seems like a fool. Matthew even dares to draw attention to his predicament, tapping the menu against his front while he waits for Leila to slide out from behind the table, flaunting his coolness in the face of adversity. ...