I think, [ with the gravity of proclamation, ] if you are going soft anywhere, it will be very handsome and charming on you. But if you would prefer not to, you are welcome to wake up earlier and come running with me. That is something I do now. It’s terrible. I have to eat a whole baguette and butter afterwards, to recover.

[ The only good thing about the stupid desk and stupid office is that they’re located only one floor beneath the Division Heads’ offices. One flight of stairs. ]