At this point Mr. Boal, who had joined the lunch, interrupted.
We were joined at lunch by Giulio Pietromiarchi, the Contessa's son, and his wife, Sophie.
As well as Song, the Italian ambassador – whose government had laid on an aeroplane – joined the lunch table.
We were joined for lunch by my cousin Keith Cushman, who has taught in the English department of U.N.C.-Greensboro since before the first Chinese restaurant came to town.
We were joined at lunch by his garrulous wife Monica and Eamonn McCabe, the Guardian photographer, who had come to do the portrait for the article.
His skillful piloting of the ship earned him a ship-driving award, which he did not mention when the 11 uniformed men and women whom he joined for lunch asked him questions about his background.
Mr. Kaufman, who is sapling thin and whose head is crowned with poodlish brown curls, was joined at lunch by Spike Jonze, the boyish 33-year-old who directed both "Malkovich" and "Adaptation".
They met Picasso soon after the war, by a prearranged chance, in a bookstore in Golfe Juan; the artist was so charmed by them both that he asked them to join his lunch party.
