I knew him but slightly.

I should never have thought of asking to see him, as I had asked to be allowed to see several of my semi-intimates.

Agathemer had insisted that I postpone seeing them, because an interview with any of them was likely to overtire me.

I knew that no one could have entered that garden without Agathemer's knowledge.
I could not conceive how Capito came to be there.
He greeted me formally and asked permission to seat himself beside me.

I gave it rather grudgingly.
He asked after my health and I answered only less grudgingly.
"I conjecture," he said, "that you are surprised to see me here ?" "I am surprised," I said shortly.
"Will you permit me to explain ?" he asked courteously.
I could not be less courteous than he and signified my assent.
"Your secretary," he said, "is of the opinion that your illness, while caused by your injuries in the affrays into which you were entrapped, was greatly intensified by your chagrin at finding yourself embroiled with both the Vedian and Satronian clans, and he also thinks that brooding over the condition of affairs has delayed your recovery." "I assumed all that," I interrupted, "but I cannot conceive why he has talked to you about it." Capito was always ingratiating.