“And if not?”
“Then I shall apply to the courts.”
They remained for a moment face to face, looking into each other’s eyes. Then,
“What have you decided?” asked M. de Tregars.
Without perhaps, suspecting that his offer was a new insult,
“I will go as far as fifteen hundred thousand francs,” replied M. de Thaller, “and I pay cash.”
“Is that your last word?”
“It is.”
“If I enter a complaint, with the proofs in my hands, you are lost.”
“We’ll see about that.”