Why do you think the writer had zaroff relax and have dinner before discovering the surprise of awaiting him in his room?

Perhaps in order to build up the suspense. After all, A MOST DANGEROUS GAME is a thrilling piece of work.

Delegates: representatives who cast votes at a political party's national convention. binding: if a primary or caucus is “binding” that means the delegates won in that contest are legally bound to vote for a particular candidate at the parties national convention.a primary is a preliminary election used to determine a party's nominee for a specific office. the winner of the party's caucus, or primary, wins the party nomination for that state. then the delegates meet at their party's national party convention, which is a formal gathering of all party delegates from all states.