[He vastly prefers more solitary settings and private conversations, and while Purgatorio's office isn't entirely unoccupied otherwise, he won't have to think quite so much about who might come in or out compared to the library. He's not about to explain all of that, so jokingly, he says:]
Just in case I turn out to be an embarrassment—or a sore loser.
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[He vastly prefers more solitary settings and private conversations, and while Purgatorio's office isn't entirely unoccupied otherwise, he won't have to think quite so much about who might come in or out compared to the library. He's not about to explain all of that, so jokingly, he says:]
Just in case I turn out to be an embarrassment—or a sore loser.