[ His voice, for once, is unvarnished. Unguarded. Blame the exhaustion, perhaps, or just the frustration of years. ]
I urge you not to mistake this and think that I care how you view me, for I do not - [ The hot strength of his voice gives easy lie to that - ] But you treated me from the first as a disreputable wretch indeed. As is your right to do, of course, a respectable lady such as yourself. But the fact that you now claim to have done otherwise is so absurd that it's nearly shocking. It's only once I became Ambassador that you began to rein in your contempt, and even then only grudgingly.
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[ His voice, for once, is unvarnished. Unguarded. Blame the exhaustion, perhaps, or just the frustration of years. ]
I urge you not to mistake this and think that I care how you view me, for I do not - [ The hot strength of his voice gives easy lie to that - ] But you treated me from the first as a disreputable wretch indeed. As is your right to do, of course, a respectable lady such as yourself. But the fact that you now claim to have done otherwise is so absurd that it's nearly shocking. It's only once I became Ambassador that you began to rein in your contempt, and even then only grudgingly.