Oh, well, now, listen to you. [Not unkindly, more teasing.] Saving me from drinking myself to death by warning the officers of me, and ignoring my trials with the snow. A real friend. I'm feeling camraded and warmed already, I don't mind telling you.

Haven't been walking in the snow much, have you? Gets up the nose even out there. Choking, and blinding. Cruel.