Yes--I mean it--very polite.

And you are sincere in what you say; that is the best of all.

But I cannot go.
It is not the travelling at night--that is nothing.

You and your lady would be glad to see me and that would be worth it all, but the magnificent Miss Grayson, she would not be glad to see me.

You see, my dear young man"-- here the smile got loose and scampered up to his eyelids--"I am a most unfortunate combination--oh, most unfortunate--for the magnificent Miss Grayson.