[laughs curtly]. It is quite unnecessary for me to
tell you that.
STROEBEL [sharply]. Why?
HAUTEVILLE. You are certain to find it out ultimately.
STROEBEL. Ultimately?
HAUTEVILLE. Even if I wanted to I could not tell! Lord, when a
person gets strictly accustomed to never mentioning any name, it
is almost impossible to do it. I, believe that I would have to
learn how first.
STROEBEL [shouting]. And you will learn it; I promise you that.
You ...
HAUTEVILLE. Mais Monsieure!
STROEBEL [shouting]. No "Monsieur" about it. Here you'll talk good
plain English.
HAUTEVILLE. But why are you getting so excited?
STROEBEL [to Reisacher]. I am nice to this person. I reason with
her, and she says that she will first have to learn how to expose
her crowd. [Shouts.] Decency is what you'll have to learn and I'll
teach it to you.
HAUTEVILLE. Oh, not this very minute.
STROEBEL. I know you. I know your sort! You want to gain time so
that you can concoct the blackest lies.
HAUTEVILLE. [calmly]. That would be entirely superfluous. The
cleverest lie could not help me half as much as the simple truth.
STROEBEL. Out with it!
HAUTEVILLE. It's better if you find it out through someone else.
STROEBEL. That's your opinion.
HAUTEVILLE. You would only be embarrassed and I would be guilty of
a breach of confidence.
STROEBEL [with contempt].
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