"On where you're taking me."
"To the police-station, of course."
"Then I shan't come. I have nothing to do at the station."
"You're mad!"
"Didn't I tell you I had an important engagement?"
"Lupin!"
"Come, Ganimard, the blonde lady must be getting quite anxious about me; and do you think I could have the rudeness to keep her waiting? It would not be the conduct of a gentleman!"
"Listen to me, Lupin," said the inspector, who was beginning to lose his temper under all this chaff. "So far, I have treated you with excessive consideration. But there are limits. Follow me."
"Impossible. I have an engagement and that engagement I mean to keep."
"For the last time?"