"I have to. People come here. And I wouldn't have brought you here if I didn't think I should have. Besides, it was closest."
Marie-Pierre toed off his shoes, removed tie and cufflinks and tucked them into the pocket of his suit jacket, removed the jacket and slung it over the back of the couch, and finally slung himself over the seat of the couch with a sigh which was a letting-out of the majority of the annoyance and worry of the day.