"You're not the only one," Bruce says genially, his smile just the tiniest bit sheepish. He's perfectly capable of being charming when the situation calls for it. "I just arrived this morning. Rather gracelessly, I might add. I'd never taken 'waterlogged' to be such a literal term before."

The lack of a drycleaner in this place is going to be the death of his warddrobe, and the sheer tragedy of it all shows quite plainly in his expression.

"Forgive my saying so, but your accent - East Coast America?"