"Where did you strike?"
"Under the ribs. I took him by his great goat's beard, the old dog, and jerked up his head—so. Then I drove in between his ribs—ping!"
Surely that would do? Not at all.
"The left ribs?"
"Ah!"
"Did he gurgle?"
"Didn't he!"
"Blood choked him—eh?"
"Per Bacco!"
"You stabbed him on the stair?"