He allowed himself a brief, cordial glance to Miss Griffin before nodding in greeting. She was beautiful, if under-dressed in comparison to the other ladies of the establishment (including the quiet one with the tea).

Then she announced herself, too, to be interviewing.

“Aslan Koch, interviewing for the apprentice,” he introduced. “A pleasure.”

Then, he turned his attention back to Dr. Witaker.

“I have viewed some post-mortems which--” he paused, glancing to Miss Griffin, “ah, apologies, I will try to keep this vague. Post-mortems in which the … causes, have been related to some of the diseases you have experience treating. While I have never been asked to treat it … I have some confidence I will be able to identify the more urgent ones readily.”