gansey+rhy
I shall remember never to get your mother anything other than a glass plate, should I ever be lucky enough to give her a gift. [...] Truly, it is impressive that he made it through it all. He is a better survivor than I am, considering I did not, in fact, technically survive the whole of the three years.
You must have quite a bit of charm, if not way with words, to have gotten her to forgive you for that.