Adventures in Social Climbing, with Mrs. Ronnie

“One evening at Polesden Lacey, it was apparent that a manservant serving at dinner was tipsy. Mrs Greville wrote a note, ‘You are drunk. Leave the room at once,’ and beckoned the man over. He placed the note on a silver salver, bowed to his employer, and lurched to the other end of the table, where he presented it to the guest of honour, who spent the rest of the meal in mystified silence.”
 
Sian Evans, Mrs. Ronnie: The Society Hosted Who Collected Kings

Margaret "Mrs. Ronnie" Greville

Illustration of an English Servant by Podley