dinner table

After Odd’s ignominious exit from the dinner table, he and Buddy reach a fragile peace back at school, then lose touch.

For an uncomfortable amount of time, there’s silence at the dinner table.

Penelope also found the tale moving, but despite her sympathy she found herself wishing that the Widow Ashton had not chosen to tell such an unappetizing story at the dinner table.

Not in the bedroom, she laughs, but at the dinner table.

“If you’re talking about democracy over the dinner table, it’s because you don’t have to worry about the cost of food on the table,” Axelrod said.