I could feel t;t; I said a bit too edly in trying to raise my voice above tchen.

    quot;O; sly.

    quot;Yes, ts tter. Everybody kno.quot;

    S and t;Maybe true.  ts, you o stay en days. So lucky, you t.quot;

    I couldnt save Ricc save er at table.

    a bottle of Frenc knos could not appreciate. My parents did not even oake of drinking not one but ted glasses full,  for taste.quot;

    ed on using ticks. riced eggplant. o c took several minutes to get So stop ser.

    And to big portions of t realizing aken only a polite spoonful, until everybody had had a morsel.

    閑d neender and expensive leaves of bean plants plucked before ts turn into beans. And So eat ting to Ric; eat t eat t;

    e by refusing seconds, ions of seconds, t resist anote of somet  .

    But t  even kno  nigo direct it toable dish special pride.

    quot;Ai! t salty enoug; ser tasting a small bite. quot;It is too bad to eat.quot;

    to eat some and proclaim it t s before  needs is a little soy sauce.quot; And o pour a riverful of ty black stuff on tter, righers horrified eyes.

    And even t t my mother would somehow see Richs kindness, his sense of humor and boyish charm, I knew he had failed miserably in her eyes.

    Ric opinion on   niger  So bed, ly, quot;ell. I t it off A-o-kay.quot; ian, panting, loyal, ing to be petted.

    quot;U; I said. I ting on an old nig t I  feeling amorous. I ill ss  same easy familiarity s. quot;Linda, tim,quot; ;