[ with a tone like son, preceding some unusual frankness, ]
they do not think highly enough of you for you knocking on their doors right now to do him any good. And even if they did—his assistant, or his— [ ugh vocabulary ] —lover trying to intervene on his behalf will only make them think he's incapable of handling it, if that is what they are in the mindset to search for proof of. And it is. So while it is between them, he needs to speak for himself.
no subject
[ with a tone like son, preceding some unusual frankness, ]
they do not think highly enough of you for you knocking on their doors right now to do him any good. And even if they did—his assistant, or his— [ ugh vocabulary ] —lover trying to intervene on his behalf will only make them think he's incapable of handling it, if that is what they are in the mindset to search for proof of. And it is. So while it is between them, he needs to speak for himself.