Actually, there is a free lunch. Gill, Wendy and I took Bernard for lunch to the Quarterdeck Cafe. He is a good friend of ours as well as a wonderful artist so once or twice a year we stop by for tea or take him out for lunch. He likes being taken out by the ladies. Last year we ate at The Worlds Best Clams. The food was tasty but we ate enough grease to last us a year, so this year we chose the Quarterdeck where there are menu options. When you enter, you immediately notice all the art. When we sat down, I noticed that the ladies were seated but Bernie had not arrived at our table out on the porch. I assumed he was looking at the paintings.
When Bernie arrived at the table, he apologized and said that he had been talking to Doug, but as we did not know Doug, we said nothing.
We four decided not to order dessert so I asked for the bill. Soon, a dessert appeared and our nice waitress said that there is no charge for the dessert, and in fact, there will be no bill. Doug, who we discovered was the owner, has given us a free lunch. We were stunned but finally discovered that Bernie had done many favors to Doug over the years and that he was saying thank you. We three ladies were delighted to trail after Bernie's coattails. Bernard enjoyed it too. So there really is a free lunch, but only if you go out with an artist!!
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