01
The door
You will be met by name. Coats stay downstairs. The room is already warm, and the first glass is already poured.
01 / The invitation
Twelve places are set. There is no programme to follow and no one will speak from the end of the table. You are asked for the evening.
Request a seat
02 / The evening
01
You will be met by name. Coats stay downstairs. The room is already warm, and the first glass is already poured.
02
One long table. No titles on the cards. You sit where a setting is still empty, beside whoever arrived before you.
03
Four courses, brought without introduction. The kitchen does not come out to explain what you are eating.
04
The last glass is poured at eleven. The door is open after that. No one will ask you to stay, and no one will rush you out.
03 / The hours
04 / A note
This is not a launch, a panel, or a dinner with remarks. If you need a stage, this is the wrong room.
05 / A seat
Twelve seats. A note comes back only if one of them is yours.
Received
If a seat is free, Halden writes before 1 November. If not, you will hear that too.