“Oh, yes, you’re Cardillac, aren’t you? And now tell us about the smith’s swineherd.”
“You mean Janos? Oh, he was a stupid lout,” answered Varna scornfully.
“He had cast an eye on the beautiful Julcsi, Gyuri’s mistress, so of course I had to kill him.”
“Did you do that alone?”
“No, Gyuri helped me.”
“Why did you cut the bridge supports?”
“Because I enjoy giving people riddles, as I told you. But Gyuri forbade me to kill people uselessly. I liked the chance of getting out though. The doctor’s so good to me and the others too. Gyuri is good to me when I have done what he wanted. But you see, Mr. Muller, I am like a prisoner here and that makes me angry. I made Gyuri let me out nights sometimes.”
“You mean he let you out alone, all alone?”
“Yes, of course, for I threatened to tell the doctor everything if he didn’t.”
“You wouldn’t have dared do that.”