he remembered all of this as he lay on the couch beside her at the feast after they opened the stoa even though it had still not been completely roofed ; a feast to which everyone had been invited , and most had come , and for which he 'd ordered an abundance of dishes , even going so far as to bring fish in from the coast ( though half of it was spoiled by the time it arrived , and was only good for fermenting into fish sauce ) .