The dining-room table was set for two: placemats, plates, polyester napkins blooming from industrial-strength wineglasses.

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Touches such as earthy limestone, wooden archways, and black and white photos of Italian streetscapes will set the tone of the dining room.

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The timepieces, which were first unveiled two months earlier in Switzerland, were set up in displays throughout the dining room.

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The men tolerated each other and ate supper together on a card table set on the creaking floor of the big dining room.

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