The party is organized at a private bungalow outskirts of Bangalore, she invited me to join the bachelor party and she said about 8 of their friend in...luding Ramya will be joining the party. Before I could say that “I needed time to decide on that” she replied saying” Ramya told me that you are a macho and we need to make the party one of the memorable days of her life”. Finally I agreed to join them.The party was on Saturday night, and I reached the location given by her. As I could see a. And others. They’re the easy parts of the taxonomy.”“What do you mean?”“Well, what about T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden and Saul Bellow ... or even Henry James?”“Why are they problems?”“Well, Eliot was born in the US, but spent most of his life in England. Auden was born in the UK, but moved to New York, James even took UK citizenship just before WW1; and Bellow was born in Montreal and spent most of his life in Chicago.”“Oh, I see.”“And what about people like Conrad? A Pole writing in English. Is he a. There was a long-stemmed rose on the table in front of her and she stared at it, unsure what to do."I thought I'd at least make it memorable," Gary said, breaking the silence.Elaine tried to find her voice. "It's unexpected." Her eyes met his. This wasn't going to be easy."Pretend it's not there." What if I don't want to?" Then pretend it is there." He picked up the rose and placed it on the far side of the table. For a split second she wanted it. Badly.The waitress interrupted the exchange,. They were blinking metaphorical eyes, looking around, grinning that what they’d been afraid would never happen was actually real. They were pinching themselves (also metaphorically) to make sure it wasn’t a dream.And they were getting their rooms set up.They both knew I’d be there when they were ready, and that I’d be ready anytime. They had time to take things slowly. They had all kinds of romantic expectations and were letting things build to a natural crescendo.“RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.”That’s.