I haven't been in town very long, and... well, I've been rude, not introducing myself to the neighbors. I think I might have startled someone else in this house a night or two ago. Can I pass along my apologies?

[She was pleasant, almost overly so. As physically unpleasant as she was, she liked to think she wasn't too bad with words.]

Are you going to be working out here all night? I'm a night person, I don't mind... but you haven't had any complaints, have you?