How would you interpret the last sentence? “My secretary wanted to burn it with the trash.” “Good girl. You should give her a raise.” “Well. I’m taking her to Mexico.” “Really.” A wise-guy smirk. “As my assistant, Artie. She’s forty-seven, for one thing. And for another, not my type.” “Ah, yes. I recall.” “You’re only about the third or fourth person to know that about me, by the way. The Selective Service, God, and you. A few others. But certainly my mother never worked it out.” “Please. Discretion is my business, and I mean that sincerely.” How would you interpret the last sentence: Discretion is my business? I think it means the speaker told the other man that he would keep secret, right? By the way, how would you interpret the word ‘please’ in the beginning of the same line? I think it mean don’t worry, right? PS: the first speaker was a lawyer and the other one was his client who was homosexual. Thanks! And it’s from The Lacuna by Kingsolver.