“You say that because you want me to take all the blame! Well, I won’t do it. You forged that will yourself.”
“At your suggestion, Mrs. Leeds.”
“It wasn’t my suggestion. I’d never have considered such a thing if you hadn’t put the idea into my head.”
“You burned the first will which you believed to be genuine.”
“Perhaps I did. But I never forged anything in my life.”
“That was because you were afraid you’d be caught,” Laponi sneered. “You wanted someone else to take the rap for you.”
“You tricked me,” Mrs. Leeds accused. “If I had known you intended to rob Mr. Winters of his ivories I should have had nothing to do with you.”
“I suppose you thought it wasn’t robbery when you decided to cheat Rosanna Winters out of her inheritance?”
“She had no inheritance.”
“But you thought she did. No, Mrs. Leeds you paid me well to forge the will in your favor. You’re involved every bit as deeply as I.”