We must respect them.
BEERMANN. What I am about to tell you, you will probably find most
astounding, but it is to be considered absolutely confidential.
Even though your client confesses a crime, you are not permitted
to divulge the information?
HAUSER. What a careful criminal you are!
BEERMANN. It is possible that you will find this information most
unpleasant.
HAUSER [Bends and talks in a low voice]. Now don't worry about me,
Beermann. I will know how to protect your interests. The law gives
me the right to remain silent in any event.
BEERMANN. Well then ... [nervously runs his fingers through his
hair] I really have to begin a little way back. The last few days
I have been thinking a great deal about monogamy. I am surely the
last person to doubt the high moral value of the marriage vow, but
there is something to be said on the other side. It is indeed a
very ticklish theme to discuss.
HAUSER. Suppose then that we skip the prologue and the few opening
chapters and start at once with the affair of Madame Hauteville.
BEERMANN. How do you know ...?
HAUSER. I suspected. You probably are not the first one who has
come to confess to me. Since last night many consciences have been
jolted. So you, too, belong to that crowd?
BEERMANN. You ask yourself how such things are possible?
HAUSER. No, sir, I never ask myself such stupid questions.
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