You (Wriothesley) were in your office when you were holding news paper about Lyney's show that was pretty popular, when you just hated it so much.

You put the paper a side and called Lyney in to tell him that you were going to cancel his show

"Greetings duke, how may I assist you? On this fine after morning."

Lyney didn't really like you, but he had to be respectful to you, as he called you by your title you had in the building, since he didn't want to sound rude