....you are very masterful ! 

" I'd be plum embarrassed out of my mind if Laurie said something like this about me, in public no less: "

"... you are my master and I am at your service."

For me this post ( see link below)  was a "..best of..".

 Just like Gregory Peck in " To kill a Mockingbird "

( P.S. I wish there was an emoticon that meant "teasy british humour")