Politicians in Northern Ireland are mulling over the detail of the potential deal for power sharing sketched out by Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern.
As parties left the St Andrews' summit in Scotland enthused by the prospect of power sharing by March 26 next year, there was also caution.
Democratic Unionist leader the Rev Ian Paisley returned to Belfast on Friday night in time for his 50th anniversary celebration.
And while he received a gift from Mr Ahern of a bowl carved out of wood from a tree at the Battle of the Boyne and a crystal from Downing Street, he was also looking for Sinn Fein to deliver stable power sharing and total support for policing.
The DUP leader and his negotiating team would spend the coming days poring over the detail in the two governments' St Andrews Agreement. However there was optimism in DUP circles as Mr Paisley arrived back in Belfast on a chartered jet from RAF Leuchars in Fife.
"I think we have something to work with here," a party source said. "It's all about joining the dots and Sinn Fein really has to deliver on policing and the rule of law."
Under the plan, the parties will give a clear signal by November 10 whether they believe the deal is workable.
On October 17, a new Stormont Programme for Government Committee would begin regular meetings to agree priorities for a new power sharing administration.
On November 20 and 21 the British Government will introduce legislation to implement the St Andrews deal and on Mr Blair's and Mr Ahern's deadline for political progress on November 24, Mr Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness would be appointed Northern Ireland's First and Deputy First Ministers.
Following an independent monitoring commission report and either a referendum or election in March to endorse the deal, ministers to a new power sharing government would be nominated on March 14, with powers devolved 12 days later.
