Katherine listened intently, chuckling at Richard's wry humor. "Indeed it was a bit of kindness. Surely his descent would have been far more languorous and painful had you not. But it is, too, good that you did not waste that vintage on him, for it would not have been worth the trouble and the loss."
Smiling wryly, Katherine responded, "Did I not live with the woman I assure you I would do the same. It is out of my unconditional love alone I am a good daughter to her, but it is indeed work to be one."