بعدها قال بشوية سخرية إنه ماكانش حابب يصر على موقف حساس، وإنه فاهم كويس مخاوف ماري، لكن (وهنا لهجته بقت ناشفة أكتر) واجبه كان بيحتم عليه إنه يتغاضى عن الذوقيات. 
After letting this sink in he remarked in a slightly ironic tone that obviously this was a "delicate topic" and he could enter into the young lady's feelings, but — and here his voice grew sterner — his duty obliged him to waive considerations of delicacy. 