Librarian's Note: This is the entry for the short story. To check out the short story collection by the same name, click So Late in the Day: Stories of Men and Women.

After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the bus home. There, his mind agitates over a woman named Sabrine, with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently. All evening, with only the television and a bottle of champagne for company, thoughts of this woman and others intrude - and the true significance of this particular date is revealed.

From one of the finest writes working today, Keegan's new story asks if a lack of generosity might ruin what could be between man and women.