"I promise."
"You don't know what it is."
"I don't care. I promise. Anything you like."
"But listen. You are so obstinate."
"Tell me!"
"The condition is that between now and then you make no change in your rooms—none, you understand; everything must be left exactly as it is."
Christophe's face fell. He looked abject.
"Ah! That's not playing the game."
"You see, that's what comes of giving your word too hastily! But you promised."
"But why do you want—?