the chair is the correct place for you to leave your napkin… - Judith Martin

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the chair is the correct place for you to leave your napkin if you get up in midmeal; it is at the end of the meal that it is left to the side of the plate.

Judith Martin

Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior · April 17, 2005 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Judith Martin (September 13, 1938 - ) American advice columnist (under the pseudonym "Miss Manners")

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