Merlin smiled faintly. "Yes, I can understand that." He folded the newspaper and set it aside, and then set his pipe down too and got up to pour them both a drink. "I liked the girl. Elsie, her name was. Absolutely bewitching eyes." He held out the glass to Luna to take. "She was a dancer and waitress in a speakeasy. Such a delight. Scarlet worked the bar. Don't think he liked that she had to dance for money, or people like me who had money to spend. But then, that is in character for him. Isn't it?" He raised one eyebrow knowingly at Luna as he sat down again.