[...yeah, Vastra isn't touching that claim to better parenthood with a ten foot pole.]

[Distraction go!]

...If you tell Eugene I mentioned this I will vehemently deny it. And then we'll see whose word he trusts more: yours or his mother's. [This is a bet Vastra would actually take.] I have my suspicions surrounding why Eugene comes home on his breaks so often. And when I mentioned his coming home for a week, Jack was very glad to change the sheets in Eugene's room before he arrived. He's never looked that happy to change my sheets, I'll say that much.