Ah, well, you know how it is... he's a knight captain, after all, Mary.

[He can't believe he's lying to her... he feels so guilty. He's so mad. He's going to beat up Nesso later. Yeah, he's going to body check him.]

But, he's working his toughest at the same time to make sure we're living comfortably. [And that much isn't a lie, even if the contents of the work is a little different.]