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A charity gala in a museum hall, Tuesday evening

The Silent Auction

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Your cousin's charity needed bodies at a table, so here you are in a borrowed tie. Along the wall is a silent auction, and you've written a bid for a pasta-making class for two. Someone has just written a higher one underneath, in very neat handwriting. The woman holding the pen, Odile, looks up as you arrive.

What you practice

Playful humor, reading the room, real curiosity and a clear, confident ask.

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