"Yes," is his return response, similarly vague. How long they would be able to keep up a pretense at pleasant conversation, he's unsure. "We were at a disadvantage arriving after the others."

More in that they had less cabin options. The Ringmaster's had apparently become a place of true (loud) celebration and those who preferred to avoid it had already taken up residence in the cabins farther away. He had been fortunate finding the one that he had.