Ford laughed at Sayid's suggestion. "'The flames of their love outshone only by the flames on her dress,' perhaps?" he quipped. He was not a reader of Witch Weekly, but with three younger sisters, the magazine's articles had not entirely escaped his notice. Presumably the ones his sisters felt inclined to share with him were only the most ridiculous of the bunch, but still, they were quite laughable.

"I think if you're looking for that sort of entertainment, you'd do better at a pub," he continued with a grin. "At a party like this, you're meant to find all your entertainment talking to and dancing with young women."