THE rooms still had the remains of holiday festivities: tables full of food and drinks, family members and friends lounging on sofas, reading newspapers or watching television. The hostess, Siti Hardijanti Rukmana, meanwhile, was going from visitor to visitor urging them to taste the delicacies offered. Please have some food, she urged TEMPO.

Like a photograph taken during bygone days, the atmosphere in the house at Jalan Jusuf Adiwinata 14 these