[...He really should get the tray with the used dishes and the leftover cake out of the room. It won't do to leave it sitting in the study for too long.]
I sincerely don't know why there are so many of them today. [Promise.] They have been flocking to the lake starting this morning, you understand...
[It's not Sebastian's doing, he's innocent. Innocent and pure as freshly fallen snow, even.]