Claudius laughs. "I've no doubt it was a tiresome effort. Some people will deliberately bewilder you, and Grantaire doesn't seem the sort to speak plainly or directly -- not if he's been calling you sun-god for however many years." He shakes his head, gesturing with his wine. "But as I said, I can be too quick with my words, and too quick to take the measure of people. You only need listen to my judgments if they're of use to you."<sup>1

1</sup> Claudius has a lot of judgments about Grantaire that are not immediately useful to Enjolras. He skipped too much of Grantaire's dialogue tree.