“Would you mind quoting, word for word, the sentence that contains his admission?”
For some reason I’m reminded of the Swedish wedding and the bridegroom, Sven, who came up to the hotel room quite `tipsy’ and found his bride Lena in their unmade bed, naked as a bluejay.
Sven opens the closet door and there’s his best man, Olaf, standing there, also not wearing a stitch! And Olaf is hyperventilating, unable to catch his breath.
Lena, having wrapped herself in a sheet, began talking as fast as she could and Sven pushed her away, saying:
“Here my best friend—and best man—having a heart attack, and all you can do is yak about our wedding. I chust don’t know Lena ... .”
You nailed that.