Lark is bloodstained and he has a small bruise under his shirt where Alfie kicked him. But other than that, he's in excellent condition. He watches her eyes, and wonders what she takes from it, so he clarifies one point: "He was going to kill himself after I broke a bone or something. I felt it wasn't in keeping with the agreement, so I saved him a step."

And made his death a hundred times worse, more painful, slower than it needed to be.