Lee politely ushered Mr. MacClery in and saw to it that he made himself comfortable. He was pleasantly surprised that the man was more talkative than in their first meeting, though it was hardly odd that he hadn't been. The sort of business meetings that Lee had were almost always to the point and brief. "You, my good sir, have my undivided attention for the rest of the night as I made sure to get all my other dealings out of the way early on." He poured them each a rocks glass of bourbon and returned to where MacClery had settled. After offering the drink to him, Lee took a seat on the opposite side of the davenport.  In front of them was a low table and on it sat on crystal cut deep ash tray and smoke box. "Well, Andrew...please do call me William," He acknowledged the other's offer of less formality with a smile as he began. "and I admit to having a bit of a taste for finer things, but only my need to travel gets in its way. My days are either full of business, finding leads, or traveling."<br/><br/>He drew a slender cigar from the box, cut the tip and struck a match to light it. The heavy fragrant smoked gave the air a sweet cherry scent that he savored with the first draw of it. "I have to say though, if I actually had my own place, it might be like this. And maybe I'd be the kind of fellow who traveled the world and brought back things like this..." He ran his hand over an end table ornamental statuette in the likeness of some jackal looking sphinx. Its identity was beyond his scope of knowledge. His eyes returned to MacClery's. "One can't deny the mystery and lure of a place like Cairo, no?" He posed the rhetorical question. "Everyone is aflutter with talk about the discoveries made there."<br/><br/>His mind lingered on the thought for a moment before returning to the conversation and another mystery Andrew had pointed out. "Ten years ago," He sighed then and smiled broader as he went back in time in his mind a bit. "I guess we could just say I was beginning to figure it all out." He spread his arms in a slow graceful sweeping gesture. "I was finding my calling, my way, my path..." He paused for dramatic effect. "...which was nowhere near anything anyone, my self included, could have ever guessed." He sipped from his glass. "But! Here I am now. Successful. Amazing surrounding. Good company. And all the secrets." He almost winked as he smiled and then chuckled. If someone wanted to believe he had secrets, that was alright. It made him feel a little more exotic and a little less plain.