Pleasant winter weather, on a Utrecht terrace. Cozy lights and friendly conversations. Suddenly consternation a few tables away. A young man has knocked over his beer, partly over his date’s knee. He runs inside. For a cloth? The British tourists at the next table are united in their advice: “You can still get away now, love!”
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