People will always talk. There is nothing we can do about that. It doesn't bother me at all. And trust me, people who talk to you about other people will talk about you to other people too. That is how it is.

I can't remember whether it was Oscar Wilde or Mark Twain who said, "The only thing worse than being talk about, is not being talk about." :-)

Alan will not stop the children from coming, but he will not encourage them either. I think he like it to be peaceful, so that his clients won't be disturbed.

Jan is short for Janet. :-)