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In "The Luncheon" by Somerset Maugham, why couldn't the writer refuse to take the lady to Foyot's?
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WILLIAM DELANEY eNotes educator | CERTIFIED EDUCATOR
The author Somerset Maugham frequently wrote frankly autobiographical short stories. "The Luncheon" is one of them. He was conned into treating the woman to a luncheon at Foyot's in Paris because he was still quite young, was just getting started in his chosen career as a writer, and was concerned about good manners. He tells the reader why he couldn't refuse to take this pushy woman to Foyot's at her request.
Foyot’s is a restaurant at which the French senators eat and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there. But I was flattered and was too young to have learned to say no to a woman.
Maugham also believed her when she said:
"I never eat anything for luncheon."
One of the things that always seems to be present in Maugham's encounters with other people is his impeccable good manners. Throughout "The Luncheon," as the woman continues to pile up charges by ordering a la carte items, the author shows his inhibitions and self-restraint. He not only could not refrain from taking her to luncheon at Foyot's, but he could not bring himself to confess that he was afraid he wouldn't be able to pay the check. He had only anticipated spending fifteen francs at the famous restaurant.