[He frowns at that -- pretension flowed through Chilton like blood through his veins, but he picked and chose where to inflict it. An offhanded, off-colored comment at Raina held no bite behind that bark.]

No. No, not at all. I have always cared about you, admired you. I had, in fact, forgotten that you were not classically trained.

[Such was his privileged, upper middle class and quick to sneer.]

Because you are so good at what you do.