“Well, what else?”
“I would like to ask you a few questions.”
“Ask them.”
“You have assured me that you do not believe that I could have killed Orizaba in my sleep.”
“I have; emphatically.”
“You are certain that such a thing did not happen?”
“I feel as positive as if I knew by observation that it did not.”
“You have not assured me of your conviction that my hand did not strike that needle into his neck.”
“Have I not?”
“No.”