They would if they could, trust me.

[he gives a quick laugh, before nodding.]

Well - now you have all the time in the world. You can do whatever you would like to do, instead of what he wishes for you to do.

...You're a free man, Holmes. And that is how you should always be.

[He stares at the fire himself, eyes-half lidded.]

Foolish man thought that I would be happy, seeing you cowed. Instead, it all but signed his death warrant.

[That anger roils up again - not as intense, but rankling, still seething.]

Why on earth would he assume I would be happy seeing the one man who ever outsmarted me as a meek slave?