The darker shadow shows off the lighter shadow more distinctly. It suggests to me that the purpose is more to do with those around you, rather than it is to do with ourselves. And so I take the pan fried salmon, with rocket salad, in order to keep my health on the right track.
I am in the hotel where I have stayed before; they don't read John Ashberry here but I have brought a book by Doris Lessing. The barman does not stand well, though he his a youngish man, but obviously both bored and not well versed in etiquette or deportment. However if a brawl should ensue I would choose to be on his side, he might have played for the county at rugby, or been a bouncer for Billy Connolly.