LOUISE DESJARDINS<br/><br/>Without even thinking I laid the table for the size and type of meal he mentioned, taking the kinds of dishes into account, even placing the settings close together in an informal manner as would befit a good friend of the master and mistress.<br/><br/>I commented that as the master had not selected a wine I was unable to suggest if a silver wine cooler would be needed or not.<br/><br/>I worked at the theme park hotel and they would entertain hundreds in their formal dining room for weddings, conferences and balls. This I could do in my sleep.<br/><br/>When I finished I removed the thin white cotton gloves I had used so that the polished silverware did not receive any blemishes from the natural oils in my skin.<br/><br/>I didn't convey a smug air but merely awaited his next instruction.