From 8-year old Hilda’s diary:

Today some horrible friends of Aunt Tillie came to dinner and I sat at the dining table with the grown-ups but I wish I could have had dinner upstairs at my own table. Aunt Tillie made most of the conversation and Mr. and Mrs. Kirby mostly nodded and seemed to agree with all the things that Grandfather said too. After they left I heard even Aunt Tillie say they were not very interesting. I was polite and didn’t say anything.