[a soft exhale, shaking his head]

I should not have done. Even if I believed all I said; it is not for a servant to presume to say such things.

[and it was foolishness that he did so, in such a delicate position]

...that is an undertaking, if ever there was one. I'm not sure where I would start a list, if I were to make one, but I'm sure it would be long.