Perhaps I should join you in not caring, [ Strange responds, semi-jokingly but also semi-seriously. ] I'll devote myself entirely to my study and my pupils. Maybe I'll go mad again—I've used up all the tonic but if circumstances are right, I can make more. I can't be a hermit, I enjoy conversation too much for that.

[ The more he talks, the more Lambert can hear Strange's wry grin in his voice as well. ]