"No? You were the full monty, then? Start to finish?" If his eyebrows lift any higher, they'll join his hairline.

One of them begins to wander back downward in a slow, skeptical sink. "Someone here from Eden? So I suppose that's why I was to ask you about it? A transparent set-up, Madame. Very sadly so. You can tell anyone you like." He looks around and raises his voice. "That's right. I know what you're all up to. I'm sure some of you had no choice. I won't hold it against you."

He looks back to her, very satisfied. "The gig, as they say, is up."