15 May

Tonight our household presents the Annual Charity Ball for the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of Charitable Persons), hosted by dear Uncle Jack and presided over by the Honourable Lord Alfred Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry. We will have roast squab and asparagus with new potatoes, preceded by a lobster bisque and followed by a hazelnut torte. I wonder if cook will put bacon on the asparagus like last time. She wrapped it round and secured it with a toothpick. I do so love bacon. I feel everything is better with bacon on it. After dinner, an auction and dancing, on the veranda if the weather is right. Full moon tonight.