Through a series of interspersing flashbacks, we are shown that
during their klutzy, formal
courtship, Florence (Ronan) and Eddie (Howle) have avoided all but the most modest physical
affection toward one another.
In a post here in May, «The
Courtship of Jonathan Zittrain,» we described Dean Elena Kagan's very public display of scholarly
affection for Zittrain
during a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, which he cofounded in 1996, just one year after graduating from the law school.