When she turned her back on him, Edwin was able to roll his eyes once more before calling out to Angie, "Oh do come back, Miss Martinelli. We can't have you leaving here crying." His trouser pocket had a folded cloth handkerchief, which he pulled out and handed to her. "I thought a full blooded Sicilian had more fight that this."
After a moment's hesitation, he continued, "I apologize for my curt language, and I appreciate your concern. I realize all of us are in the same dreadful predicament, but what would you have me do? Carry on like nothing is the matter? When we have diseases that cause our eyes to bleed, and ghosts running pell nell about the place, and... and people disappearing without a trace?"