She should be pleased. He's pleased, the same way a bored child given a puzzle might be pleased as well as frustrated to find it more difficult than expected. (That's a very specific analogy, and very nearly literal. But it's a very specific feeling.) It would be disappointing if she were too straightforward.

"And it is not saved yet?" he says, whirling his wine glass and looking toward the wall, which doesn't have a window, but will have to substitute for an illustration of the world anyway. "When you have been here for at least an hour? Perhaps it is time for you to consider retirement."