faspa

[page 130] Tomorrow, a group of couples their age would come for “faspa.” [footnote] Afternoon lunch or tea. The word is possibly derived from “vespers.” [page 131] “You wait and see,” Franz said with a laugh, “those will be girls who will be left old maids! Why, what will people eat for faspa? I wouldn’t have married Hilda before I knew what kind of tvaybak she baked!”

Occasionally I found myself sitting at the Sunday Faspa table with him at the home of one of my close friends, and observed him and listened to his casual comments with great attention.