Phryne frowned and glanced down at the drink in her hand. "No, I don't think that would be easier for you. I imagine it would be excruciating." After what she'd felt seeing him kissing River, she couldn't. "I saw you decide not to come over, and I wanted you to. I wanted the pleasure of your company and to introduce you to Alcuin because he's felt terribly lost since he arrived..."

Oh, it hardly mattered. She shrugged it off.

"There's no one to keep away from you, Jack. There's been no one else since we arrived."