Benedict is certainly more than happy to oblige when it comes to help. The step up into the carriage can be challenging for some with both legs, let alone one in Silver's condition. Once the driver knows their destination, Benedict sits back as well, hands folded in his lap.

"I can't imagine anything about me that a travelled man such as yourself would find interesting."

It's hardly self-deprecating. Benedict doesn't find himself particularly interesting even among his community. His story isn't any different than theirs, after all - a boy of means, raised in society, sent off to a good school, who learned all the things a gentleman ought to know.