Frewin began to speak but Guelvada interrupted him.
"You are a fool, Michael. But because I am your friend I will give you some good advice. If you say to this girl 'Antoinette, I love you,' she will probably say to you 'So what!' which is not what you desire... hey? She will repulse you because of this mental barbed wire entanglement which surrounds her. So what do you do? You use other means. You must attack the citadel. You must take her in your arms and get cracking... goddam it. You must make this girl Brown realise that you, Michael Frewin, are no ninny, but a man!"
Guelvada removed himself from the desk. He stood in the centre of the room; lighted a fresh cigarette. Frewin thought that always Guelvada posed as if he were about to have his picture taken.
He said: "You're nuts, Ern
