For a moment, I wasn’t sure what she meant. Then it hit with a rush of emotion. And disbelief. And sadness. “Oh, no. This breaks my heart.” Lori and Dori Schappell, 62, died of undisclosed causes on ...

But as your mild little response is ignored, Miss Manners will have to provide you with something clearer: “Thank you, but I am doing the entire dinner, and I can’t serve anything else.” Or: “Please ...