"Good evening," Jan returned the redhead's greeting a little hesitantly. He was still embarrassed about that incident and would have preferred not to see either of the two men involved in it again. His greetings to Rose and Gabriel were a lot more heartfelt, though voiced just as stiffly.

"A night of games?" he asked the Sergeant surprised. It sounded very promising, though he hoped that she didn't mean gambling. A round of chess might be nice, but there were too many of them for that. Maybe Mensch-ärgere-dich-nicht would be a good choice, but he didn't think that was even known in England.