"If I did, sir, I should not say so. But I am not in the confidence of Adone Alba."
"Of course I do not ask you to reveal the secrets of the confessional, but —"
"Neither in the confessional nor out of it have I heard anything whatever from him concerning any such matter as that of which you speak."
"He is a young man?"
"Yes."
"And the owner of the land known as the Terra Vergine?"
"Yes."
"And his land is comprised in that which will be taken by the projected works?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure that he has not sent you here?"