The World Has Many Butterflies

A married woman forms a conspiratorial bond with her husband’s colleague, based on his habit of sidling up to her at dull social occasions with the instruction: “I’ll think it, you say it” and a nod to another guest. Julie’s task is to construct a vignette – part gossip, part mildly derisive characterisation – for Graham’s amusement. The rules of the game are never made explicit; the pair’s roles are never reversed.