"I will return to my business, which I have too long neglected."
"And do you like to live in Bondathal?"
"I am tranquil there."
"Have you relatives?"
"I have none."
"You have a household?"
"So far as I can, I do everything for myself."
"You have surely friends and acquaintances who form a pleasant circle around you?"
"I have only my workmen and my machines."
"You live there a hermit's life?"