"Come sit, child." He's smiling now as he steps towards the seat that Raura had only minutes before vacated himself turns it at an angle so that he can take the one right across from her.

"No need to be shy, Ella." He's extending a hand her way at that. It's oddly in tune to the clothes that he's chosen to wear: a three-piece suit and matching cravat that looks like it should belong in a BBC series set in the Victorian era.

"And yes, Barbara did mention you."