I think that the Story "diner for one" was kind of odd. The butler gets drunk,and the old woman suffers from old age and lonliness( and possibly schitzofrenia) in this strange comedy. sheer goofeyness and repitition gives this peice a british humor feel. one apparently significant line within the play is "Same procedure as every year". i feel there are two interpretations. one is the old woman has schitzofrenia, and the butler is "the guests", or, the old woman is lonley, and she wants to get the butler drunk so he takes he "up stairs". those are my interpretations.