“We shall be there.”
“Well! then, and only then, will be the time to say, Each for himself, and God for—”
“For me.”
“For you, all by yourself! Very well! But since we have a week of neutral days before us, and since it is very certain that news will not shower down upon us on the way, let us be friends until we become rivals again.”
“Enemies.”
“Yes; that’s right, enemies. But till then, let us act together, and not try and ruin each other. All the same, I promise you to keep to myself all that I can see—”
“And I, all that I can hear.”
“Is that agreed?”
“It is agreed.”
“Your hand?”