answer: #Person1# asks #Person2#'s forgiveness of #Person1#'s being late.
documents: #Person1#: I beg your pardon for being late.
  #Person2#: Better late than never.
  #Person1#: So sorry, I don't mean to be.
  #Person2#: That's perfectly all right.
  #Person1#: Thanks for your forgiving.
  #Person2#: It's really of nothing.
  #Person1#: I'll work hard.
  #Person2#: That's quite all right.