Jack looked at the Doctor, read the note again, and laughed. He motioned the waitress closer with two fingers and whispered something in her ear that made her blush and nod. A few moments later she was back at the Doctor's side. "Ambassador Harkness would like you to join him for a drink," she said, a faint flush still on her cheeks.

Jack had been talking to her much longer than the moment required to convey that message. Whatever else he had said to her, though, she was keeping for herself.

When the Doctor looked over at him, Jack just smiled and jerked his head to indicate that he should come join them. He said a few words to his companion, and she tittered and reached out one long, slender hand, upturned in the gesture of welcoming for her people.