Chapter 27

He ordered oysters and a clear soup and the steaks with mushrooms. Lisbeth said, “I’m so completely at ease with you now. I wasn’t, in the first minutes in your apartment.” He said, “Sharing the same bed is the vestibule to immediate ease and comprehension--except when it’s a mistake. . . . They have Burgundy on the wine list. Is it dependable here?” She said, “Oh, yes, specialty of the house. I believe.” She remembered, that she had a nine o’clock appointment in the morning to pose for hats, and that, if she drank…