Peter noticed that a woman in a green vest craned her neck continually to 
peer at the door. When a tall, thin gentleman entered and walked toward her, she 
began to smile. The man had grandfather-white hair swept back and cut flat on 
the top and both sides, which Peter recognized as a formerly fashionable style. 
Time had passed the man by, but he seemed unaware that things had changed or 
that he had gotten older. The Oriental man suddenly appeared at the couple’s
table and deposited two cups of soykaf. The man placed a brown bag on the table 
and the woman contributed a box of crackers. From out of the bag the man 
produced individually wrapped slices of cheese. Peter found the moment so simple 
and yet incongruous that it disturbed him.