Have I misjudged something, Miss Aikawa? If so, I do humbly apologize.

[He wonders if it's true, but honestly, he can't imagine it. Not that she is probably any more important than any other woman, but ... he can't imagine someone who looks like that not thinking so. Even that were true... oh, well, such low opinion of herself would be useful... he'll have to tread carefully and see.

So he'll feed her a little truth, for now.]

I'm afraid I've made an assumption based on the economic and cultural climate of my own world, and it might not be accurate. Your beauty and the level of education obvious in your speech would denote nobility, where I am from.