Engagement celebrations, Wedding ceremonies, and wedding parties — like university exams — exist in a trans-dimensional manifold that interlinks coextensive passageways of time and space —

Turning -- at a wedding reception -- to reach for a flute of champagne from the silver tray of a passing waiter -- Willy Pilgrim -- turning his head just slightly -- closing his eyes for just a moment -- lost in the sounds of "tainted love" clipping out of the in-house stereo system -- and suddenly find you have transferred completely from -- Dalton and Paige's wedding -- back back -- thirty years -- to Winston and Locke's engagement party -- Lady Catherine Locke -- mother of the groom -- was shushing a dashhund