"You don't happen to do suits, do you? I'm good friends with a tailor back home, and I'm afraid he rather spoiled me on clothes that aren't custom made"

Step one of finding yourself in a new place: locate creature comforts as quickly as possible.

His eye catches on a deep blue pocket square with delicate embroidery, and George touches it lightly. "I'm rather partial to this one. What do you think, Gilbert?"

Escape won't be that easy. But at least he's drawn most of the attention.