art deco painting

But the big entrance lounge was the favourite placefor the afternoon tea drinking. The elderly ladies enjoyed seeing who came in and out,recognising old friends, and commenting unfavourably on how these had aged. There werealso American visitors fascinated by seeing the titled English really getting down totheir traditional afternoon tea. For afternoon tea was quite a feature of Bertram's.
　　It was nothing less than splendid. Presiding overthe ritual was Henry, a large and magnificent figure, a ripe fifty, avuncular,sympathetic, and with the courtly manners of that long vanished species; the perfectbutler. Slim youths performed the actual work under Henry'saustere direction. There were large crested sliver trays, and Georgian silver teapots. Thechina, if