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	Archive 20060507
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		Elizabeth
		Nils

[Panel 1]
# In Nils'office
[Nils]
Hi Elizabeth. Is this a good time?

[Phone]
[style octagon]
[textcolour DarkOrchid4]
Not a problem. I'm not in the
Reading Room or anything.

[Phone]
The books in the
stacks don't mind a
bit of quiet chat;
in fact I think they
quite enjoy it.

[Phone]
Has something come up?

[Nils]
Well, yes. Ginny's invited me to
a dinner-party on Thursday and
I wondered if you could come.

[Panel 2]
# In front of a bookshelf
[Elizabeth]
Oh. Thursday is my
madrigal circle evening.

[Phone]
I didn't know you could sing!

[Elizabeth]
I can't. I don't.
They don't let me.

[Phone]
But...

[Elizabeth]
They let me come along and listen.

[Phone]
Oh. I suppose you couldn't
miss it just this once?

[Panel 3]
# In front of a bookshelf
[Elizabeth]
This is beginning to sound
as if there's more to it
than a simple invitation...

[Phone]
Well, Ginny really
wants to have
the numbers even...

[Elizabeth]
Can't you try Bell?

[Phone]
She's already coming. But I don't
think she's going to be much help
with the bit that worries me.

[Panel 4]
# In Nils'office
[Nils]
You see, Ginny said "formal",
and I've been thinking.

[Nils]
That probably means a whole lot
of different cutlery, not just
the knife I usually eat with.

[Phone]
Oh, NILS!

[Phone]
Yes, all right,
I'll help you out.

[Phone]
You can just watch what I
pick up for each course,
and follow my lead.

[Nils]
But what if there's a SALAD?

[Phone]
Ignore it. You always do.