Well it's certainly distracting! Joly laughs at the abruptness, but sobers a little remembering the actual conversation. "Yes. I suppose I did. I hadn't really meant to, it was..."

He frowns. "I don't think the man wants to be here; I don't know why he stays when he arrives. But he seems very unhappy."

Joly is aware that he's possibly the only one of his friends who cares even a little about the spy's happiness. But he finds he does care, a little.