"Six days—five?"
"Impossible!"
"Cramoisin, for pity's sake, four?"
"Never, never!"
"Cramoisin, by your hope of salvation!"
"I'll give you three; not another hour."
He stretched out his hand.
"No; erase first."
He took off the name of Barabant and substituted, "The woman Nicole."
"What did you write?"