Secondly, I didn’t know what to order. What did normal people drink in public houses?
I decided to take control of the situation. “Raymond, I will go to the bar. I insist. What would you like me to order for you?”
He tried to argue but I stood my ground and eventually he agreed, although he seemed annoyed.
I simply could not fathom why he was making such a fuss about it.
“Right, well, I suppose I’ll have a pint of Guinness then. But I wish you’d let me get it, Eleanor.”
I put both hands on the table and leaned forward so that my face was very close to his.
“Raymond, I will purchase the drinks. It’s important to me, for reasons that I don’t wish to articulate to you.
He shrugged, then nodded, and I walked off toward the door.
It seemed very dark inside after the sunlight, and noisy too—there was music of an unfamiliar genre pulsing loudly from large speakers.
The place wasn’t busy, and I was the only customer at the bar.
A young man and a young woman were serving; that is to say, they were deep in conversation with each other,
and every so often she would giggle like a simpleton and flick her dyed yellow hair,
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