"I was about to add," he presently goes on, "I was about to add, respecting this attack, that it was unfortunately simultaneous with a slight misunderstanding between my Lady and myself. I do not mean that there was any difference between us (for there has been none), but that there was a misunderstanding of certain circumstances important only to ourselves, which deprives me, for a little while, of my Lady's society. 
"I was about to add," he goes on, "that this attack was unfortunately simultaneous with a slight misunderstanding between my Lady and myself - not a disagreement, but a misunderstanding which deprives me, for a little while, of my Lady's society. 