It doesn't matter much to me. [which is a half-truth! what horace represents to him is more important than his actual big drooly self.....

but he can tell she's probably going to fly off into the distance if he doesn't do something about it which just makes him more angry because he hates being put into positions where he doesn't have any choices.]

I hope you'll be willing to take responsibility for your actions if things go foul at the post office. I've already received most everything that is remotely useful or beneficial to me, after all.