Ceremony
Three o’clock in the afternoon
The Signet Library
Parliament SquareEdinburgh EH1 1RF Open in maps
Our storySlowly, then all at once
Portrait
We met at a friend’s birthday supper in a room so small that everyone had to share a bench. One of us had brought far too many roses; the other offered to hold half of them for the evening. By dessert the roses had been divided, the bench had become a conversation, and nobody else at the table could get a word in.
There were letters, then long walks, then a winter spent learning to cook one perfect dish each. Neither dish has ever been perfected. Five years, two cities and a great many roses later, we still argue happily about who held whose flowers first.
The question was asked on a September evening, in a garden still warm from the day. The answer came before the ring was out of its box. Now we would love you beside us for the next part.
