What a considerate allowance you have made for us in your prayers for those of us who are fond of daylight, Monsieur.

[Wysteria has not forgotten. However, if he is going to be so insistent on grasping her so then the very least he can do is to not also force her to wring her hand from his grip, and so she stubbornly remains as she is.]

Alas, I cannot afford to be so cavalier with the details which involve me being on time to my very early appointment for it is with a higher office, as it were. As much as I might very well prefer to sit here all evening with you discussing dear Ribbon or the collection of skulls and who might or might not be effectively bribed by them, I have never yet met an official of government to be particularly moved by matters of academia when it comes to his or her schedule for the day. So you understand the difficult position in which I find myself.

I'm sure you will forgive me.