He shakes his head, running his fingers along the stem of the wine glass. "No, no, mon amie," he replies, "there is no intrusion here. Perhaps the wine will even taste sweeter now that you have joined me."

Ever the charmer, even when there are obviously other topics on his mind. Though what topics those are one can only guess at. Jean-Claude has never been what one might call an open book. Certainly not anywhere within the last few hundred years at least.