Demeanors that are apologetic and overly polite are inherently contradictory to demeanors that exhibit fear and anger.

We politely ignored his gaff.

to accept something as Holy Writ, to take something as Holy Writ

To all this I agreed, and having borrowed a gun from one of my Rifle Officer friends, and a good stock of ammunition, I joined my two new friends at funfire in the morning, and after driving about 6 miles, I saw some very snipy-looking fields, got down, my companions promising to call for me about 11 o'clock on their way back.