"There is tea." And if there hadn't been, she would have gone to the Gift Shop for tea bags from one of the gift baskets to make sure there would be. Little though she wanted to leave him to himself, neither Dot nor Kitty were immediately visible. She rose again and said, "I won't be a moment."

True to her word, Phryne found Kitty just inside the door to the cafe kitchen. She quickly placed an order for tea, and while Kitty made the tea, she retrieved several of Dot's scones from the display case, and asked Kitty to see about the chicken of the day, or what Ignis might have on the go.

It was less than two minutes, all told, when Phryne returned with tea on a tray, with sugar, cream, and the scones. "Here you are. Let's start with this. Kitty will be along with something more substantial in a few minutes, but it's probably best to start with something simple."