"I did not."
"Have you any idea who shot you?"
"A man who was my enemy, I should say."
"Ah—you had an enemy?"
"What man has not?"
"What was his name?"
"I don't remember."
The magistrate got up frowning, and paced up and down the room, his hands behind his back.
"I should advise you, Herr Langer, that it is my opinion that you are willfully endeavoring to impede the steps of this investigation. I would remind you also that those who try to thwart the officers of the law in the performance of their duty, are alike amenable to it. Your reticence—I can call it by a less pleasant word—is aiding and abetting a criminal, who must be brought to justice."
"It is not likely——" He paused.