The house is full of people.
Fortyish couples chat with serious young men.
Ladies in red velvet chat with ladies in purple velvet. Musicians in black ask one another questions, especially about the house. Magicians do acrobatics on the beds, touching the smooth white ceilings with their disciplined feet. In the backyard, various languages are intoned. Lilies, roses, gardenias, petunias, and hyacinths never stop blooming, are always in season behind the house.