[ And then it hits him, just what he's doing. The bourbon haze clears itself from his mind and he pulls back, wide eyed and panting. There's an evident fear in his eyes as he regards William with a hasty, almost apologetic look. ]

I'm... M'sorry, sir. Dunno what came over me just then. Didn't... mean any harm, honest I didn't... quite the opposite, really.

Best you prolly forget everything I said up until that point.