When Jane received the invitation, she immediately set to making a snack. She wanted to be timely, after all, and she thought she remembered promising to bring one. It wouldn't be right to go back on a promise, right? And besides, bringing food to a get-together was just a thing people did.

So, perhaps a minute or so before the time on the invitation, Jane had made it to the fourth floor. She held a covered plate in one hand and rapped smartly on Rose's door with the other.