texts: Perhaps a few more details about the evening will refresh your memory. Mr. O'Keefe told us dinner was served by a uniformed waiter, a colored man.  He particularly remembers that you sat at one end and he at the other, which he found rather unusual because the table was so long.  Does that bring back memories of Willie O'Keefe?
labels: Not at all.  But on the other hand, I do have a lovely Chippendale dining table and I often have a friend over sitting at one end while I sit at the other.  That is precisely the point of a long dining table.  The splendor of the meal adds to the enjoyment of it.