conference refreshments

... although in fact, it's a colloque, not a conference, which means small numbers, and I guess that a higher standard of refreshments may be therefore possible ... these, however, served at the end of lunch, surpassed my wildest patisserie dreams ... I have heard a great deal about democracy and the C19th novel, opined about democracy, the ethics of attention, and the work done by the Ordinary and Everyday, and at the end of it all, was delighted to have half an hour's relief and to be able to walk around the 5e and enjoy the Parisian sunset, before more food and wine ...