"It is," Aramis agrees with great emphasis. Wine now seems so ... well, not very good.

"I have heard of Scotland, though I cannot say I have had the pleasure of seeing it." Why, he'd rarely been out of France, alas. "I have heard it's quite lovely."

WHich isn't entirely true. He's heard it's cold. And quite craggy. But no sense in alienating a potential new friend, is there?