"Did you think I was going to let you?"
She replied in a whisper:
"Yes."
A few moments later he questioned her with his eyes. She understood.
"In the bureau," she said. "On the right. The bottom drawer."
He went and looked. At the back of the drawer he found a revolver. Braun had bought it as a student. He had never made use of it. In an open box Christophe found some cartridges. He took them to the bed. Anna looked at them, and at once turned her eyes away to the wall.
Christophe waited, and then asked:
"You don't want to…?"
Anna turned abruptly:
"I will…. Quick!"