From

The Perfect Hostess: Perfectly Charming Etiquette Advice by Rose Henniker Heaton:

An Old Flame comes to Luncheon

Decorate the table with rosemary and love-lies-bleeding.

Menu
Sole in Aspic
Partridge (shot through the head)
Grape Sauce (rather sour)
Passion Fruit Frappe
Coffee
Cigarettes

Note: Do not give your husband the mangled remains for his dinner. To begin with, it calls attention to your extravagance, and to go on with, it is stupid and ungrateful. After all, he is the one you have to live with.