I shall have to make sure I have coffee, next time.
[he doesn't favour it himself - if he does take it, he has it quite milky and sweet. But he likes to have it by; to be prepared. It's so strange not to be prepared, and he will have to get used to his kitchen again, having been so used to the kitchen in the Teahouse as to be able to put his hands to things automatically.]
It is a poor host who cannot offer his guests a decent selection, after all...! But of course I'm not in my ideal circumstances, at the moment.
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[he doesn't favour it himself - if he does take it, he has it quite milky and sweet. But he likes to have it by; to be prepared. It's so strange not to be prepared, and he will have to get used to his kitchen again, having been so used to the kitchen in the Teahouse as to be able to put his hands to things automatically.]
It is a poor host who cannot offer his guests a decent selection, after all...! But of course I'm not in my ideal circumstances, at the moment.