Did he? How very generous. I thought he preferred that sort of transaction to move in the opposite direction, as if he were a bank.

[He's quite sure that Dorian is winding him up, just a bit, but it is something the lad learned to do in quite a charming manner, and he can't really be that angry about Dorian's obvious enjoyment of his predicament. Besides, even Henry is not the sort of man who shoots a messenger for bearing bad news.]

Remind me, dear boy—precisely how far in my future did you say you are from?

[He knows full well that Dorian has offered no such information, of course.]