"These are very good," he commented, having eaten another bite of the muffin. "Thank you. For that, and the coffee." And the company, too. That was the most important part.
"It's strange hearing people say words so familiar to me in a different accent. I guess it's the same for you. You'll have to teach me something from your own language one day." He could name every bridge, every river in Paris. But he was sure the words sounded plain odd to her.
"I don't know that I like the idea of it." He glanced upward as he said it. "That is a long way to fall. Then again, travelling by sea means if you fall you drown, and that is just as unappealing." He reached for his coffee again. "If it had been that easy for you, you'd probably have made it all the way over here." A sea voyage to America would have taken a considerably longer time than one to England.