"Oh, I think I'm only slightly biased," he says, grin sprouting brightly on his face at the sight of that faint smile. "I think I gave a fair accounting."

"As for cafés, that might be a trick. We'd need the space, and people for both staff and visitors. You're far too pretty to be Mere Hucheloup, and half the draw of a café is the chatter of the patrons around you."