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This room, as miserable as it is, is also one of most amusing set-ups in the book: a waiting room where tea and sweets are still served to the guests, but where the guests literally wait forever. A great Urhtian example of the almost completely forgotten purpose of a place, and a custom, still lingering on in a mutated form.

As a proud Canadian and constitutional monarchist, I lament the impending post-colonial diatribes. ;)

Hmm, I believe it was coffee, sweetened with thyme-honey.

Ah, I think you're right! It was my unreliable memory...

let us explore JLaw as an unreliable commenter

LOL! That discussion could have endless examples. ;)

Jlawrence wrote: "This room, as miserable as it is, is also one of most amusing set-ups in the book: a waiting room where tea and sweets are still served to the guests, but where the guests literally wait forever."

I got a big kick out of this, too.