“Why did you kill him, then?” Tasso said.
“I told you.” Klaus shook his head wearily. “I thought he was a claw. I thought I knew.”
“Why?”
“I had been watching him. I was suspicious.”
“Why?”
“I thought I had seen something. Heard something. I thought I—” He stopped.
“Go on.”
“We were sitting at the table. Playing cards. You two were in the other room. It was silent. I thought I heard him—whirr.”
There was silence.
“Do you believe that?” Tasso said to Hendricks.