Tea Maker

This was the point, too, of the tea. – It brought ritual, ceremony to the encounter. - Of course, clients didn’t always notice – being boxed in – stalked by round the clock shadows. But Jack made a point of it – as if his tea making could cancel out the menace – threat of the terrible Pinteresque silences. Sooner or later clients gave appreciative nods. Said he made a “good cuppa”.