I trust, Monsieur Douaille, that you appreciate the altered circumstances." Monsieur Douaille, who was looking very much more at his ease, assented without hesitation.
"I must confess," he agreed, "that the isolation we now enjoy is, to a certain extent, reassuring.

Here we need no longer whisper.

One may listen carefully.

One may weigh well what is said.

Sooner or later we must come to the crucial point.