I'm handling this affair as a business proposition, so don't be feared, Mem.

If there are enemies seeking you, there's friends on the road too....

Now, you'll have had your dinner, but you'd maybe like a little dessert." He spread before them a huge box of chocolates, the best that Mearns Street could produce, a box of candied fruits, and another of salted almonds.

Then from his hideously overcrowded pockets he took another box, which he offered rather shyly.

"That's some powder for your complexion.