Brief Summary Of Snakes In The Dinner Party

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In the dinner party there is a conflict that there is snake under the table but only a few people know it. The Setting takes place in India at a dinner where there is a colonial official, Mrs. Wynnes, and the American Naturalist. The American watched as a native boy quickly left the room after Mrs. wynne told him something. Mrs wynne asked for the boy to listen and she told him that there was a cobra under the table. Only the american sees the boy place a bowl of milk on the porch. In India it only means one thing bait of snakes. The american spoke and told everyone “ I will count to 300 seconds that's five minutes not one of you is to move a muscle”. Nobody moved for 280 seconds. The a cobra slithered out from under the table and goes for

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