La-dessus le secrétaire renonça a toute discussion et demanda simplement a son maître, dans le cas ou il manquerait le dernier train, de venir le rejoindre a l’hôtel d’Halliday, ce a quoi Drebber répondit qu’il se trouverait sur la quai de la gare avant onze heures, puis il s’éloigna.
On that the Secretary gave it up as a bad job, and simply bargained with him that if he missed the last train he should rejoin him at Halliday's Private Hotel; to which Drebber answered that he would be back on the platform before eleven, and made his way out of the station.