"An ambassador," Martha said, slightly surprised and a bit impressed. She poked the orange peel in her cocktail down into the liquid with the stir stick. "New York's lovely, I can't really blame you for settling down there, but I also know how it goes to be homesick a little even at home--done quite a bit of travelling."

Travelling she seriously doubted MacKenzie would quite believe, but even elided, it was still the truth.