"I have."
"What do they say?"
"That the Criminal is alive."
"How could they believe anything so absurd?"
"They say they have seen him."
"Where, when, how?"
"They would rather die than say."
"What are you going to do with them?"
"Whatever you tell me, father."
"It is all one to me, but remember: if you put the living fools to death the dead one will be alive all the more. I should release them all and make an end of it."