Trying to be gracious

At the point at which I'm just about to escape this hell hole T.Aldous appears at the door to apologise for this morning's "misunderstanding." He explains that he didn't know that Julia had given me the possible dates for the closure and that this has had to be postponed for all sorts of reasons.

"I don't know why she didn't wait until we knew for sure of the dates."

"She wanted to make sure that nobody had loans due during the closed period. We've been there before and we want to avoid the complaints if we can."

This ping-pong continues for a while until even he realises I want to go home.