Not long afterward, Miss Pao came down and regretfully informed the Judge 
that his presence was urgently required at a crime scene in the Leased 
Territories. To spare Judge Fang the embarrassment of having to cut short the 
conversation, Dr. X was approached, moments later, by one of his staff, who
whispered something into his ear. The Doctor apologized for having to take his 
leave, and the two men then got into a very genteel argument over which one of 
them was being more inexcusably rude, and then over which would precede the 
other across the bridge. Judge Fang ended up going first, because his duties 
were deemed more pressing, and thus ended the first meeting between the Judge 
and Dr. X. The Judge was quite happy; it had all gone just as planned.