"There is no hurry."
Diener drew himself up. He was shocked by such off-handedness.
"What!" he said. "No hurry! In business…" Christophe looked him in the face.
"No."
Diener looked away. He hated Christophe for having so put him to shame. He murmured irritably. Christophe cut him short:
"Come," he said. "You know…"
(He used the "Du," which maddened Diener, who from the first had been vainly trying to set up between Christophe and himself the barrier of the "Sie")
"You know why I am here?"
"Yes," said Diener. "I know."
(He had heard of Christophe's escapade, and the warrant out against him, from his friends.)