![]() ![]() While Laura believes the party should be called off, neither Jose nor their mother agrees. After surveying the food in the kitchen, Laura and Jose learn that their working-class neighbour Mr Scott has died just outside their gate. ![]() Jose tests the piano, and then sings a song in case she is asked to do so again later. Laura's sisters, Meg and Jose, and their servant Hans, move furniture around to accommodate the piano. Laura's mother, Mrs Sheridan, has ordered masses of lilies, to both their delight. Her "superior" air quickly disintegrates into an admiration for the workingmen, with whom she feels a personal connection. Laura is charged with commanding the workers on the placement of the marquee. The wealthy Sheridan family are preparing themselves to host a garden party. Its luxurious setting is based on Mansfield's childhood home at 133 Tinakori Road (originally numbered 75), the second of three houses in Thorndon, Wellington that her family lived in. It later appeared in The Garden Party and Other Stories. It was first published (as " The Garden-Party") in three parts in the Saturday Westminster Gazette on 4 and 11 February 1922, and the Weekly Westminster Gazette on 18 February 1922. ![]() " The Garden Party" is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. ![]()
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