She murmured: "Never fear, dear."
So Andermatt carried off Gontran. When they were alone, at a little distance from the crowd, the banker stopped: "My dear fellow, 'tis about your financial position that I want to talk."
"About my financial position?"
"Yes, you know it well, your financial position."
"No. But you ought to know it for me, since you lent money to me."
"Well, yes, I do know it, and 'tis for that reason I want to talk to you."
"It seems to me, to say the least of it, that the moment is ill chosen—in the midst of a display of fireworks!"
"The moment, on the contrary, is very well chosen. I am not talking to you in the midst of a display of fireworks, but before a ball."
"Before a ball? I don't understand."
"Well, you are going to understand. Here is your position: you have nothing except debts; and you'll never have anything but debts."