[ it hadn't only been about grant ward, of course, but this is as good an access point as any -- and peggy nods, turning the tip of her finger across the rim of her whiskey glass. ]

I hadn't intended to cause him any distress, you understand. [ well. that's true enough. ] But I'm not convinced there's a way to tell him so that won't make him feel patronized.

[ she can relate to that, at least. ]