Colette wasn't testing Basil's capital, that would have been rather petty of her. She was more testing how easily he'd go alone with her foolish impulses, if one could even call that a test. The look on the clerk's face when he'd gotten the request, especially seeing who was from, aroused some doubt but with Basil's payment going through they got to work on her order.
"Oh, as if we are not conspicuous enough already, yes Basil? Perhaps I will simply have to make several trips." Which is what she and Basil ended up having to do,
the entire menu easily taking up six trays, and even then only because some items were served together on the same plate. The couple had to use one of the larger tables just to spread everything out, looking to outsiders as though a larger group had ditched them.