Thursday - Birthday

Hamish Nixon celebrates his birthday at Whitney Court. A meal in the dining room, cake with sweet raspberry sauce served with beautiful Mim's handmade silver spoons. Hamish makes a small speech. He explains that he has been to every one of the Whitney Court revels since they began--this is his fourth. He tells us that there must be some special unit of time in this house, perhaps, he thinks, a "Whitney"... which is the surprisingly small amount of time in which new friends become old ones.

Max and Silvie arrive with a mountain of shopping from France.