Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 414
; and adinner given at a Japanese tea-house by a merchantto a European friend would cost more than the mostexpensive dinner it is possible to procure at the Carltonor at the Savoy. My men flourished on the heads and tails of fish,and did splendid service. Day by day the decorationsfor my house… … Workers Inchie was my help, my interpreter, my foreman. Atfirst there were many difficulties in the way, for Inchiesknowledge of English was limited, and my know-ledge of Japanese was none at all. It thus arosethat the only method of making him understand mewas pantomime. One day, while discussing…
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