Large Dinner Party

I walk into this large dinner party. Everything looks so fancy and beautiful. As I walk in there are others coming in wearing only rich clothes and diamond jewelry. We are all told to take a seat and to sit quiet. I hear this conversation that has nothing to do with the fact that we are all supposed to be here and have a nice dinner. The conversation seems to be between a young girl and the colonel. They’re arguing about how women are nowadays. The young girl says that women do have control and aren’t always scared and how they can be brave just like men, But the colonel seems to disagree because he seems to be saying the opposite of what the young girl is saying. I want to tell them to be quiet as what we were told to do in the beginning, but I don’t want things to get worse. So I stay quiet, listen to them argue, but …show more content…
Everyone seems to be having a nice conversation except for the young girl and the colonel. I stare at the hostess for a good while because i’m curious to know why she has such a worried face on. She caught me staring at her so she stares at me back with a why are you staring at me type of face. I see her whispering into this native boy and as he is listening to her the boy has his mouth open and his eyes wide open. He leaves the room quickly as possible and the doors room shuts loud. I see no one is paying attention to what is happening except me. I am the only one. I see the boy places a bowl of milk gently on the veranda just outside the open doors. I sense a little bit of auspiciousness now because everyone here in India should know the meaning to milk in a bowl. And there is only one meaning to it which is that there is a bait snake. I look around the room to see if there is a snake, but I can’t seem to find it. I try to not look too suspicious because the people will think there’s something wrong and start to question me and freak out, so I keep