they in a position to refuse whatever they had been served at the party. However, they were at least among the invited guests, even if they were in some way indebted to the host. The host would not be issuing an invitation to those who had no means to reciprocate the host’s generosity. In other words, the “have-nots” of society might not ever be special guests at a banquet. Those who never received such invitations were not deemed important enough in the social network to be included. They were not