As Enoshi enters, Frederique excuses herself and glides out of the room. Enoshi marvels that he would consent to letting his mistress become so involved with corporate affairs as to let her speak with this man. He cannot help marveling over the result. Frederique has learned more from Harman Franck-Natali with a smile and a few softly spoken words than Usami’s operatives managed to glean with all their sophisticated techniques. Furthermore, Frederique believes she has persuaded Franck-Natali that his abduction and interrogation was at least partly the result of over-zealous security agents, and an event Enoshi sincerely regrets.