And yet, pleasantness is pleasantness, but there was one unfinished matter that it would be wrong to postpone any longer.
Varya pulls Chloe aside and sadly lowers her head:
-- Chloe, forgive me for upsetting you in our last conversation. My persistence and my words were rude and sometimes inappropriate, but I didn't have bad intentions. However, this was the last time.
"Because I'm unlikely to have such an open conversation with anyone again."
-- I hope you won't hold a grudge against me for this...