The Ringmaster looks around, and then back to Ignatius. She's unsure.

"I'm not sure what else to offer you, Ignatius. You know what's happened now, so you must understand why we can't let you go. Nothing I allow you besides you freedom is going to help much, it seems."

Despite growling a moment before, she still sounds sympathetic. Like it or not, she knows that allowing Winter to take over was a mistake.