They were all eating miniature versions of proper food — a sliver of lamb like a lark's tongue, a single braised spinach leaf, a mushroom tart no bigger than a cuff - link — like guests in a doll's house, and trying to ignore the fact that the area around their table, which might have provided space for twelve to stand at a pinch, had now about 300 people in it.
They were all eating miniature versions of proper food — a sliver of lamb like a lark's tongue, a single braised spinach leaf, a mushroom tart no bigger than a cuff - link — like guests in a doll's house, and trying to ignore the fact that the area around their table, which might have provided space for twelve to stand with a pinch of salt, had now about 300 people in it.