Thank you, Lord Baelish. I must say, if I am to be defeated, I would much rather have it be by one of your courtesy and experience than by the Ambassador of soft cream.

[If Dooku is, say, inwardly seething with rage and humiliation at his defeat, it doesn't show at all in his eternally cool and polite voice.]

You have my attention, Ambassador. What manner of alliance are you envisioning?