Simon sat down at his computer and began typing,<br/><br/>"Valter walked into the gallery and out of the chilled night.  The room was sparsely occupied with people, only the staff that the owner had engaged to pass around trays of champagne and other canapes and a few other early arrivers were there.  Valter suspected the gallery would fill up later when the usual cliques would deign to arrive at fashionably late hours.  Whatever the case, the small crowd would make it easier for him to appreciate the paintings and to make judgment on which he would like to acquire.<br/><br/>Picking a glass from one of the trays, Valter took a sip and headed towards the first of the series.  He looked at the other people who already stationed themselves at the paintings observing them and wondered how many of them represented clients also in the hunt for art.  He would definately need such services to help him expand his net.  For the meantime though, the painting in front of him demanded his attention."<br/><br/>Setting that up as an open thread, Simon then fired off an PM to his partner,<br/><br/>"Good evening lovelygirl, I've set up the thread<span class="bbc_u">over here</span>.  Hope to hear from you."