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