He does. He's one of those people who's just silent. And who has the most incredible memory. He'll mention something you said four years ago that you've half-forgotten - It's terrible.

[ Don't think for a moment that Byerly hasn't noticed that dimming of that smile. It's obvious even in the dark. And - rather warming, that Bastien lets him see it. So he strokes Bastien's cheek, and says: ]

If you can see me as a good man despite the evil I've done, I can see the same in you, my duck.