The Dinner Party The American does not join in the 1 but watches the other guests. As he looks, he sees a strange expression ___2____ the face of the ___3____. She is staring ___4____ahead, her ___5____ contracting ___6____. She ___7____to the native boy standing behind her chair and ___8____ something to him. The boy's eyes ___9____: he ___10____ leaves the room. Of the guests, ___11____ except the American notices this or sees the boy ___12____ a bowl of milk on the veranda just outside the open doors. The American ___13____ with a start. In India, milk in a bowl means only one thing -- ___14____ for a snake. He realizes there ___15____ a cobra in the room.