Perhaps Susan ought to take the same tactic she took with Sunny in the first place. "I do value your contributions here, you know," she says. "To our community, I mean. We've got friends in common, too, and they speak highly of you. I haven't got an interest in - in verbal defenestration. I meant only to defend the man I love, and I shan't recant that for sake of a meaningless apology. I don't expect that I shall confront you again, as you've ceased to force Lancelot to keep secrets, but if ever I must, I shall take you aside privately. Which, I might add, I tried to do. You refused. But I ought to have come back later instead of addressing the situation in front of Sunny. I should like to be in her good graces, as - like I said - I care for her, but if I can't accomplish the primary task set before me, I shall attempt to reach them in another way."