Chapter 279.2
Eugene listened to her mother’s brief explanation about today’s gathering before their departure to the venue of the tea party.
The tea party, which is known to be held once in every month, goes back close to a hundred years of history. The gathering is strictly limited to ladies, with only ten to twelve people attending most of the time. And though it is relatively small for a party, its reputation, however, greatly transcends its size in high society. In fact, every member was indeed from a prestigious family of wealth and honor in the Holy City.
The members of the gathering are limited to seven people. In other words, no admission will be allowed unless someone withdraws the membership. Besides that, one must be recommended by an existing member and receive consents from the rest to be welcomed as a new member.
Today, Eugene would be attending as a guest since every member is allowed to bring along one guest to the gathering. If anything, members were commonly accompanied by either their daughter or daughter-in-law, whom they intend to hand over their membership to, upon their death or if they inevitably must leave the group.
Since this is a gathering of an extensive history, the members customarily had their successor appointed in advance. Also, there hardly had been a case for someone, who’s not a close relative to the existing member, to join as a new member.
“Mother. I believe you’ve told me that you haven’t associated with people in high society for quite a long time. Then I guess it’s been a while since you last attended the gathering.”
“It’s been a while indeed. As it’s almost been twenty years…”
“You never showed up for the last twenty years and they still hadn’t expelled you from the group?”
“Expel?”