“He is dead.”
“All the same to me.”
“This Italian killed him.”
“What a ridiculous idea! For what?”
“To rob him, probably, and to get a certain letter.”
“From whom?”
“Stenson.”
“An interesting one?”
“Why yes, most certainly, if it contains what this rascal pretends it does.”
“Well, tell me what it was, if you want me to understand.”