Amuse Bouche

A woman came in and ordered soup, and so it was Aria and this woman together alone, the

server and the served, like a woodcarving or a sketch. Supermarket soup, at a price to make her blush.

"Oh c'est delicieuse," exclaimed the woman beaming.

Aria thanked her and smiled.

''C'est vraiment delicieuse," the woman repeated, the type of woman who would never buy 

supermarket soup.

From Fishing in Beirut by Steven Callaghan