Luncheon

In “The Luncheon”, the narrator starts out by describing what he had a lunch with the woman who had not seen each other in 20 years.

It was twenty years ago, the author who was very poor was living in Paris. One day the woman had read a book of Maugham and had written to he about it. He answered, thanking her, and received the woman’s letter that she would like to had a chat with him and asked him took her to lunch at the Foyot’s. Foyot’s was a restaurant which the French senators eat and it was so far beyond he. But he was flattered and too young to say no to the woman, so he agreed and they met at Foyot’s on Thursday at half past twelve.After they met, she was not so young as he expected and in appearance imposing rather than attractive. She was in fact a woman of forty, and she gave he the impression of having more teeth, white and large. She was talkative person.

But he was startled when the bill of fare was brought, for the prices were a great deal higher than he had anticipated. But she reassured he. “I never eat anything for luncheon, I never eat more than one thing.” But she ordered salmon, caviar, French white wines, giant asparagus. After they finished their lunch, he paid the bill, he found that he had only enough for a quite inadequate tip. When he walked out of the restaurant he had the whole month before he and not a penny in his pocket. So far the luncheon has gone badly for the author who should said no if he didn’t had much money to bear it.