Roger rolled his eyes gently at his friend and stuck his tongue out at her. "Trust me it was either get here early and have some breakfast or sit at home stewing in my own thoughts," he said with candour. "Plus you know I was just teasing, it's not your fault I was here for ages."
He nodded and got up. "Wait a mo, I'll just go pay for my coffee and cake," he said, sauntering over to the counter and giving the waitress his most dazzling smile as he paid. "So, Sybil managed to smuggle me a list of things she and Cyprian would actually really like that have been deemed too 'common' by her mother," he said as he walked back over to Orla. "So I thought we could go have a look around Marks and Spencer?"