Answer: Pringle nearly goes mad. Part of the reason Mrs. Pringle is so frustrated has to do with the fact that her dining room table looks best with fourteen seats, as well as allows her husband to sit at the head of the table, which in her mind is the most honorable place to sit at dinner
She is irritated because the cook is easily angered. She is afraid that it will upset the guests. She is pleased because it means the cook will make better food.
Explanation:
Pringle use the dinner party as a way to improve her own social status, as well as the social status of her daughter? ... She uses the dinner party to invite guests who will impress others and be interested in marrying her daughter. She uses the dinner party to show people how much money she and her daughter have to spare.
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