"I dare say. You were extremely disinterested! I took the money and meant to get away with it quietly, but accident defeated this plan."
"For God's sake, say no more! Have you a heart?"
Benedetto shrugged his shoulders, and continued:
"You know I heard two persons come up the stairs. I hid behind the door with my knife, and when the door opened, I struck at the first person I saw—"
"And it was your mother!"
"Ah! I see your memory is returning. Yes, it was my mother; but how did you know it?"
"I had seen her in the gorge, and she had told me her story and implored me to save her son."
"And did she tell you her name?" asked Benedetto, with some uneasiness.
"She told me all, but I swore never to reveal it to any one."