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2020-10-17 23:23:46... In the next few hours Gina shouldn't have much more opportunity to think about her past. She quickly followed the landlady into the kitchen. The first surprise awaited her there. If the taproom was cozy and rustic, the kitchen was the exact opposite, shiny chrome. State-of-the-art stoves, refrigerators, tall shelves with flashing pots and pans, and plenty of counter space formed the realm of Mrs. Drake.
Gina placed this on a chair by one of the countertops without saying a lot and put a plate with roast beef and french fries in front of her nose. “Would you like a beer with that?”
“No thanks. Better a water. I don't drink when I have to work. ”
Mrs. Drake nodded her head benevolently. "Good setting. How do you like the roast beef? "
Gina tried a bite and then said with relish:" Wonderful. Like my mother. That's just the thing after the long train ride. ”
Mrs. Drake crossed her arms over her stately bosom and looked at her searchingly. "You still lived at home?"
Gina chewed hectically and quickly swallowed the bite she had just had in her mouth. "Yes. I worked for her in the café. My father has been dead for a few years and she needed all the help she could get. ”
“ I think that's good. You should always help yourself within the family. ”
“ Yes, that's how I see it! However, I haven't done anything else since school, so we decided that I should get to know something new now. ”Gina looked shyly at her roast beef and picked up a potato stick with a fork. In principle she hadn't lied, she just wasn't ready to tell a completely new woman about her private problems.
Mrs. Drake's eyes narrowed a little. She sensed instinctively that Gina hadn't told her the whole truth, but she didn't want to dig any further at the moment. The lie couldn't be that serious, if it was at all.
“When you've finished eating right away, I'll show you our dining room. I've already set up, and Francis must have lit a fire, so I just have to show you where everything is. You can definitely help with serving later. ”
Gina put the cutlery on the almost empty plate and jumped up. “I'm ready. Where should I put the dishes? ”
“ Put them over there on the shelf next to the sink. ”
Then Gina let Mrs. Drake lead her through the noisy taproom to the door next to the stairs, which she hadn't noticed before whose glass window now shone bright lamplight. Behind this door was a smaller room that was almost filled with tables and high chairs of all kinds and sorts.
There were also two large, old sideboards on the side, next to the entrance, in which glasses, serviettes and cutlery were stored. On the walls, however, there were countless pictures that initially stunned Gina. Drawings, paintings and watercolors that somehow dealt with fairy tales, wizards or knights had been hung up and pinned on there randomly.
Gina liked some of them pretty much, but you could tell from many of them that they had only been painted by amateurs. Gina refrained from asking any questions, not wanting to appear too curious, and instead listened attentively to Mrs. Drake, who explained the exact course of dinner to her.
“We serve dinner here every evening at eight thirty. We don't have a great menu like in a real restaurant. Every morning I write the menu of the day on the large board to the right of the counter and then anyone who wants to can register for dinner with Mr. Drake. So all you have to do is take the order for the drinks and serve the food. Can you do it? ”
“ Of course, Mrs. Drake. ”
“ Good. Francis and Paul will prepare the drinks for you at the bar. Then you can ring the gong over there now. ”
Mrs. Drake disappeared into the kitchen and Gina had enough to do for the next few hours that she could have continued to wonder about the pictures, quite apart from the fact that she didn't even know who she should have asked about it. By the time Mr. Drake rang the bell at curfew and the storm was raging around the house, she had long since forgotten her questions about all the work.
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