[normal Baz is not the type to make the most of anything. wrong van Zieks, however...]

You-You're right! You know, I was once considered among London's most eligible bachelors.
[Obviously not that he was actually interested in any of the women who'd sought him out at that time, but. You know, it's something. Even though now he definitely wouldn't be so highly regarded, despite having more status, given that he never goes to social events and also until recently was suspected by many to be somehow causing the deaths of numerous people.]

I... We'll have to change positions for what I'd like to take next, then.