A miniature dining table crowded with dishes at one end and a single place setting at the other on a dark green background.

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Beatrice

Against my will, I am sent to bid you come into dinner.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker announces, with open reluctance, that they have been sent to call someone in to dinner. The message is a simple summons, but the opening words make clear that the messenger would rather not be doing it, giving a routine invitation a grudging, slightly prickly tone.

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