HAUTEVILLE. I wish you had it now.
STROEBEL. We have a clue. But you are a woman of character, I admit. I take off my hat to you.
HAUTEVILLE. Indeed!
STROEBEL. I certainly do.
HAUTEVILLE. I was afraid I had lost all refinement after spending the last two nights in such company.
STROEBEL [benevolently]. No doubt, it was a trifle hard.
HAUTEVILLE. It was terrible. They really do make me pay for discreetness.
STROEBEL. Your patrons are the very men who make it so hard for you. They get you into trouble and then expect you to protect them. Isn't it so?
HAUTEVILLE. What an experience for me! To have my apartment raided at night and be simply dragged away myself.
STROEBEL. That is too much.