Summary

As the family prepares to move downstairs for the meal, conversation reveals that there is an elevator in the hall outside the apartment going from the upper to the lower floor of the building. As Aimee wheels Momo out to take the elevator down to the floor below (there is only a staircase in the flat), Brigid comments that she forgot about Momo’s wheelchair. Deirdre comments drily that she knows, and then goes into the bathroom. Later, when Deirdre eventually comes out, she collects two presents from her purse, and then goes downstairs, stopping and listening to the conversation between Erik and Richard.

As Richard prepares food, he and Erik discuss Erik’s plans for building a lake-side property, the design and construction of which are on hold for a while. Conversation also refers to how much Brigid (who has come downstairs...