"Acting? Toward whom?"
"Toward this girl whom you are meanly jilting."
"Do you think so?"
"Yes, I do think so—and I am right in thinking so."
"Bah! you are becoming very scrupulous on the subject of jilting."
"Ah, my friend, 'tis not a question of a loose woman here, but of a young girl."
"I know that perfectly; therefore, I have not seduced her. The difference is very marked."
They went on walking together side by side. Gontran's demeanor exasperated Paul, who replied:
"If I were not your friend, I would say some very severe things to you."
"And for my part I would not permit you to say them."