"Lady Mary," she told him, with a friendly smile. "Very pleased to meet you, Mr Smith." And awkwardness about her wardrobe aside, she was pleased to meet him. Curious too, this man looked a great deal like Reinette's Doctor but was clearly quite different.
"Am I right in supposing we are from similar times?" she asked him.
"I am from the year 1914," she added by way of explanation.