"I cannot sleep."
Still no answer.
"I am convinced that Michael is innocent."
"It goes without saying."
"Then they can't convict him, can they?"
"They will convict him," said the duke, and for a moment he bent his eyes upon her. "Has he not accused himself?"
"They won't—hang him?"
The duke shrugged his shoulders. He did not think fit to enlighten his wife's ignorance of the fact that in Italy there is no capital punishment.
"But if he has not done it, and we know he has not," faltered Fay.