He studies her a moment longer, lips thinned and one eyebrow lofting, then averts his eyes and lets out a sigh of barely disguised frustration and irritation.

"Miss Widdowson, may I remind you that you asked some of my time to discuss this and I agreed willingly. How am I meant to discuss a thing with you when you block my attempts to share a point of reference. You refuse to read something I offer you, and you have yet to provide an alternative! You refuse to even look at what I offer you on the assumption that you will not understand it without the rest, without even looking to see if it does appear to lack context for you to understand! You assume right from the beginning you are deceived in some way! Such a discussion has no place to go!"