Dinner At The Embassy

"We were invited to dinner last weekend, at the british embassy noless; a smallish casual gathering with people the ambassador andhis wife would like to see more of - yikes! i should explain that neither ian nor i have previouslysocialised with the ambassadorial couple. no, the reason for theinvitation was olivia, who is at school with the ambassador'sdaughter and has been on a couple of play-dates at the embassy andhas obviously made a bit of an impression. "what's an ambassador?" asked isabelle when i..."