We all became satisfied, full, stuffed. The last dessert course hd been a flakey pastry over some unknown cooked fruit that was both sweet and tart. The whole wasw covered by a cool tan cream which was lightly flavored with the same mysterious fruit in a strong alcoholic liqueur. Extremely good; it left seeds in my teeth.

As we groaned at the tables; the plates, knives and forks were cleared away and a slight breeze blew through the hall, and the formerly laden tables had ...