I only properly met your mother and father.

I... had pressing business elsewhere, I'm afraid. I couldn't manage to stay long. [Sounds bad on his part, but it's better than saying he was pretty much shooed out of the house. Then again, he couldn't have expected more. Going to a still-grieving family to tell them that their son had given up his name and pride to save him?

No... no. He couldn't have expected anything else.]