--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Who's this?\" he said, coming across a…" description: "\"“Who's this?\" he said, coming across a name he didn't recognize. \"Lady Georgina of Sandalhurst? Why are we inviting her? I don't know her. Why are we a..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/john-flanagan-904_boring-people_who-s-this-he-said-coming-across-a-name_1387719.jpg" --- # Who's this?" he said, coming across a name he didn't… ![“Who's this?" he said, coming across a name he didn't recognize. "Lady Georgina of Sandalhurst? Why are we inviting her? I don't know her. Why are we asking people we don't know?" I know her," Pauline replied. There was a certain steeliness in her voice that Halt would have done well to recognize…” quote by John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/john-flanagan-904_boring-people_who-s-this-he-said-coming-across-a-name_1387719.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/john-flanagan-904_boring-people_who-s-this-he-said-coming-across-a-name_1387719.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/john-flanagan-904_boring-people_who-s-this-he-said-coming-across-a-name_1387719.jpg) > ““Who's this?" he said, coming across a name he didn't recognize. "Lady Georgina of Sandalhurst? Why are we inviting her? I don't know her. Why are we asking people we don't know?" I know her," Pauline replied. There was a certain steeliness in her voice that Halt would have done well to recognize. "She's my aunt, Bit of an old stick, really, but I have to invite her." You've never mentioned her before," Halt challenged. True. I don't like her very much. As I said, she's a bit of an old stick." Then why are we inviting her?" We're inviting her," Lady Pauline explained, "because Aunt Georgina has spent the last twenty years bemoaning the fact that I was unmarried. 'Poor Pauline!' she'd cry to anyone who'd listen. 'She'll be a lonley old maid! Married to her job! She'll never find a husband to look after her!' It's just too good an opportunity to miss." Halt's eyebrows came together in a frown. There might be a few things that would annoy him more than someone criticizing the woman he loved, but for a moment, he couldn't think of one. Agreed," he said. "And let's sit her with the most boring people possible at the wedding feast." Good thinking," Lady Pauline said. She made a note on another sheet of paper. "I'll make her the first person on the Bores' table." The Bores' table?" Halt said. "I'm not sure I've heard that term." Every wedding has to have a Bores' table," his fiance explained patiently. "We take all the boring, annoying, bombastic people and sit them together. That way they all bore each other and they don't bother the normal people we've asked." Wouldn't it be simpler to just ask the people you like?" Halt askede. "Except Aunt Georgina, of course--there's a good reason to ask her. But why ask others?" It's a family thing," Lady Pauline said, adding a second and third name to the Bores' table as she thought of them. "You have to ask family and every family has its share of annoying bores. It's just organizing a wedding.”” [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A family member is invited to a wedding despite being disliked, and a “Bores’ table” is created to isolate annoying guests. **In simple terms:** Invite disliked relatives but separate them to protect others. Key Takeaway Use seating plans to manage difficult guests. Themes family wedding social dynamics conflict management humor Mood playful ironic lighthearted Type observational humorous satirical When to use this quote - wedding planning - family gatherings - event management - conflict resolution - social etiquette Key Concepts social hierarchy group dynamics conflict avoidance humor strategic seating Questions to Reflect On - How can you include difficult relatives without isolating them? - What are alternative ways to handle disruptive guests? 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There was a certain steeliness in her voice that Halt would have done well to recognize. \"She's my aunt, Bit of an old stick, really, but I have to invite her.\" You've never mentioned her before,\" Halt challenged. True. I don't like her very much. As I said, she's a bit of an old stick.\" Then why are we inviting her?\" We're inviting her,\" Lady Pauline explained, \"because Aunt Georgina has spent the last twenty years bemoaning the fact that I was unmarried. 'Poor Pauline!' she'd cry to anyone who'd listen. 'She'll be a lonley old maid! Married to her job! She'll never find a husband to look after her!' It's just too good an opportunity to miss.\" Halt's eyebrows came together in a frown. There might be a few things that would annoy him more than someone criticizing the woman he loved, but for a moment, he couldn't think of one. Agreed,\" he said. \"And let's sit her with the most boring people possible at the wedding feast.\" Good thinking,\" Lady Pauline said. 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