Square Christmas

Square ChristmasThe Young Man Met the Girl in a Longchamps bar; her office was in the same building, on the 17th floor. The bar had been decorated for Christmas since Thanksgiving -- everything in New York had. There was a draft from the revolving door and the girl kept her coat around her shoulders. She had bought the coat in the Village and it looked a little Villagey but not too Villagey. "I had to see my income tax man this afternoon," the young man said. "He's got a place in...