MR. X. No, he had not been convicted.
[Pause.]
MR. Y. You mean that was why keeping close to the police had such attraction for him, and why he was so afraid of bumping into people?
MR. X. Yes.
MR. Y. Did you get to know him afterward?
MR. X. No, I didn't want to.
MR. Y. Would you have allowed yourself to know him if he had been convicted?
MR. X. Yes, indeed.
[Mr. Y. rises and walks up and down.]
MR. X. Sit still. Why can't you sit quietly.