Ah, there was a woman! And a woman who looked upper class! Or at least, to Jacques's untrained eye. All he knew was he ought to make a good impression on anyone who had managed to finagle a seat in the House of Lords. Damn bicameral system of government. It made everything unduly slow and complicated.
"Ah... bonjour, citoyenne?" He bowed, taking the moment to form the phrases in English before he spoke. "They are lining up for the, euh, the minuet. If you are not previously engaged it would be my pleasure to ask you to stand up wiz, ahem,with me."