India had been quiet most of the meal. Why? Because she didn't want to run the risk of having food on her tongue - gross. And totally improper, taking a small sip of her water she placed the cup back onto the table in the proper spot before raising her hand. She was going to demonstrate. Right? Good idea. Maybe not.

"Professor, I believe what you do to signal that you are finished with the meal is to place the knife at the Four o'clock position on the plate if it were indeed a clock and the place the knife finger's pointing down parallel to it and not only that, but also on the spot closer to you." She was a little flushed at the moment from admitted that she'd learned 'proper this-and-that's form her family'. But it made the world a nicer place didn't it?

Taking her knife she placed it down - the cutting edge facing towards her in the four o'clock position and then the fork fingers down next to it closer to her. Flushing again she hoped she hadn't miffed anything up.