“No, we will drive there. Never mind about attracting attention. I don’t care about walking. Let us drive there.”
“But we must not have an attendant.”
“Well, so be it. I will drive myself. We don’t require a coachman. We will go by ourselves. Will you call here for me, or shall I call for you?”
“I had better call here.”
“As you please. Let that be understood then. Six o’clock in the evening, eh? It ought to be in the morning, that is the usual course.”
“It ought, but the time is named and agreed upon. It is to be this evening at the hour I have named.”
“Bah, it does not much matter whether a man is sent out of the world in the evening or the morning for the matter of that.”
“I have passed my word.”
“Certainly. Now you will find some fine old cognac by your side there. Just help yourself to a glass. It will steady your nerves.”
“No, I thank you, I will not take anything just now.”