Coquenil was silent a moment. "And this American? What of him—now?"
"He will be tried and——" The baron shrugged his shoulders.
"And be found guilty?"
"Yes, but—with jealousy as an extenuating circumstance. He'll do a few years, say five."
"I never saw quite why you put the guilt on him."
"It had to go on some one and—he was available."
"You had nothing against him personally?"
"Oh, no. He was a pawn in the game."
"A pawn to be sacrificed—like Martinez?"
"Exactly."