"Oh yes," Urquhart says. "It was raining very hard, and I came in with the dog; we were soaked through, and the kilt I was wearing almost fell off me with the weight of the water, and Orpheus sort of saved me. Next time, I was outside roasting trout over a campfire, and he came and joined me. He's worth spending time with."

Beat.

"I don't know much about music, but he's really really good at what he does. When he played for me, I felt homesick."

Which is, of course, unheard-of in several ways.