We take a package of Manner wafers from the case and throw it on the floor. The Seven Gables sells Manner wafers because they are European. “Oops!” we say. “Broken!” We put the cookies in the back room to eat later and get back to the business of scooping and selling.

But hush now, the previews are over and the film is starting. We pour some coffee and push through the maroon curtains into the theater.