Prithee, forgive mine most unseemly and graceless comportment, for I am but a knave, lacking in all seemly airs and courtly graces. And further, I offer my deepest condolences upon thy grievous misfortune. To have thy hoard of groundnuts pilfered by one so base as this varlet Joe must surely be a sorrow most profound, a lamentable tragedy indeed. I beseech thee, accept my heartfelt sympathies in this thy hour of woe, and know that I share in thy disquietude, though I confess my words can scarce mend thy cracked heart.