leslieknopedanascully:

You might like him, sir. Actually, I went to one of those salons of his, the ones that half the Royal Society attend but most deny. Most of those men are pretenders, sir, attracted to his ideas because they make them feel like radicals. But Thomas…when he talks about the need to rethink things, systemic things, I think he truly believes what he’s saying. And what’s more, I’m afraid I might believe a good deal of it as well.

Thomas?

I’m sorry, sir. He refuses to stand on ceremony, insists on the familiar.