[Maybe he is scared of forests. Dorian can respect that. Epping Forest is really creepy.]

[More than anything, it is the reaction to servants that catches Dorian off-guard. But then, it does seem very American not to be accustomed to them. When he takes his seat, he has to smile a little at the thought. As it is, he is borrowing one of Aster's servants, as Dorian doesn't know how to get by without them.] I had heard that it is much more difficult to keep servants in America and Canada. Is that true even after a hundred more years of development?