But into these scenes of domestic happiness strides Natalia, the woman with whom Adam had a brief, passionate affair (which involved a night of rough sex in which consent was ambiguously given) right before he and Hannah got back together.
Encouraged, he went on to tell a story that involved a night long ago at Le Bec-Fin, a woman passed out on the floor and a man who wanted her carted off to the hospital as briskly as possible so that he could enjoy his delectable meal in peace.
It's cold comfort to Belfort's victims — and a hard challenge to critics like me whose idea of great adventure involves a night at the opera and a good book.
The precision of the presentation seemed wrong, as if it belonged at another trial, one that did not involve a night of drinking by friends at a bachelor party, a shooting that took place at 4 in the morning.
I did have a brief spell at a fee-paying boarding school in Sussex, but owing to a misunderstanding involving a night-club in Piccadilly, a 4am trip on the milk train from Victoria and the theft of some Penguin biscuits, that association was swiftly and ingloriously terminated.
Getting ready for church involved a Saturday night bath, the ironing of a white dress shirt (and starching the collar), scrubbing the kids' faces clean and getting out the Sunday clothes.
What began with drinks at the Royalton Hotel continued at a party held by a friend of the bride's, and then a nightcap, ending with a cab ride, which Mr. Hoeh thinks may have involved a good-night kiss.
(Don't ask how this happened, but it involved a late-night phone call interrupted by the Amsterdam police).
Although the spokesman did not say whether a Special Operations team was involved, a majority of night raids are carried out by Special Operations forces, according to Rear Adm. Gregory J. Smith, a spokesman for Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the NATO commander in Afghanistan.
Mr Paddock's deal involved a three-month night-time curfew, with spot checks by honorary police at the boys' homes.
"It involved a couple of nights of just sitting in a room with a keg of beer, telling stories, and just getting to know players," recalls the ex-England scrum-half and three-time Lion.
