"Morris, you remind me of somebody who wants to slip away to an assignation, which in your case is absurd.

I wish your father were back, I really do; I should be glad to listen to his worst and longest story.

It isn't often that I sit with you, so it would be kinder if you didn't look so bored.

I'm cross; I'm going to bed.

I hope you will spend a pleasant night in the chapel with your thoughts and your instruments and the ghosts of the old Abbots.