Question

Ladies and Gentlemen.a. It is not the first time that we have gathered together under b. this hospitable roof, around this hospitable board. c. It is not the first time we have been d. the recipients - or perhaps the victims – of the hospitality of certain good ladies.

Answer 1

Answer:

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is not the first time that we have gathered together under this hospitable roof, around this hospitable board. It is not the first time that we have been the recipients - or perhaps, I had better say, the victims - of the hospitality of certain good ladies.

Explanation:

The Dead is a short story wrote by James Joyce in 1914.

This is a paragraph of a dialogue in the text, and the order is a. b. c. and d.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is not the first time that we have gathered together under this hospitable roof, around this hospitable board. It is not the first time that we have been the recipients - or perhaps, I had better say, the victims - of the hospitality of certain good ladies.