If one could choke on air, he is most certainly choking on air. His gloved fist presses against his mouth as he did not need to know or think about Agnus actually having any children.

But his reaction darkens at thinking of him abandoning his daughter and mother. "That man truly could do nothing honorable. But, perhaps, it is best that he was not in her life at all. I would not like to see how he would end up corrupting her if he was a more prominent figure."

Simply, the sins of her father are not her sins, as far as he is concerned.