{ Have you missed his inappropriately timed laughter? Cause here it is again. It's short and not as mirth filled as last time, but the amusement is plain and true. ]

Dear me, no that's not what I meant at all. I have always taken what is owed to me, always. No, what I was wondering was simply this: it is one thing to fulfill a duty, and another to succeed at it.

[ And he might have been done speaking in any other circumstance, but he quiets a bit and adds. ]

Oh, I know.