I'm flattered my patient feels so amiably toward me, but

He didn't allow me to see anyone for months, until one day he came to see me amiably.

I asked him to smile and very amiably he said, 'I would like to, but in this job you have to be serious.' and with that he demonstrated how appearances are deceiving. Photo by Claudia, used with permission.

So on the morning I visited, Eleanor came downstairs, poured herself a cup of coffee, sat in a reclining chair, and she sat there, kind of amiably talking to each of her children as one after the other they came downstairs, checked the list, made themselves breakfast, checked the list again, put the dishes in the dishwasher, rechecked the list, fed the pets or whatever chores they had, checked the list once more, gathered their belongings, and made their way to the bus.