The whole translation thing was quite fascinating to her as well, though maybe not enough for her to go looking for something that would tell about it. She was more interested in romance novels or detective books. Phryne left the real important things to people who were smarter than her.
She smiled back and gave a small nod. "Oh yes, my name is Phryne. Phryne Fisher. A pleasure." She put out her hand, because that was the polite thing to do. Even if she wasn't the most polite person on the planet. Where he was Russian, she was clearly Australian. Well if he knew what those accents sounded like. "Don't let me disturb whatever you're looking for. I was just browsing."