[He tolerated Ciel's father. Of course he'd put up with the son.]

Business related, to be sure. [But that got him thinking.] Just out of curiosity, what had you intended to do with me if you ever could catch me back home? Would you really have given me over to your damned Queen, or would you have kept me locked in a cellar somewhere and just told her a lie, as I'm sure you did with one, Kelvin and his lot?

[Yes, he knew about that. He watched the mansion burn from a distance, and that had been the beginning of his disappointment in the Earl.]