Have you suffered some fancied slight at the mouths of your table mates?

He leered for a moment, then said, "Me an' the boys" nodding toward his table mates "know what you are."

When the knife dropped, he looked into the eyes of his table mates to see if anyone had noticed.

"I won't eat anything that has a face," she explained to her table mates.

He turned back toward his table mates.

Tarr wasn't too happy about this new table mate.

She overcame the feeling, smiling inanely around at her table mates.

That must be why they always remember that this is 2001: a woman should not need a table mate to get good service.

My table mate supplemented her salmon platter with a "fruits plate."

She was in the lounge at a corner table, half hidden by her table mates, when he returned.