[He probably doesn't lean on her as much as he should, all things considered, but at least he manages this moving ahead business with her help, at first in silence.
Sebastian has this thought, see. Brace yourself, it's a mind-blowing thought: maybe if he had gone home earlier, he would have been saved a lot of humiliation. Anyway. Eventually he mutters:]
Right, I... [That thing he was going to tell her. He remembered.]
You might sooner wish to spend your efforts on Mr Morningstar. He stopped by, earlier.