[Horatio ducks his head slightly.] You'll have to pardon me, then. [And, well, it's only fair, really, to say it.] It is the same with many people here. I doubt I will ever get used to how easily they call others -- me, for instance -- by a Christian name.

[It's not a complaint he voices often. ...Possibly never, save speaking to Archie. Or perhaps once to William. But he shrugs his shoulders. This isn't the conversation he asked her to meet him to have. This is...

A trifle. He shouldn't give it any weight.]