"As God is my judge, I am innocent. I heard the shooting; I looked out into the night and saw men running about. I was frightened, so I went to bed. That is all."
Norvin undertook to stare him down.
"You will hang for this, Larubio," he said.
The fierce gray eyes met his unflinchingly.
"You had a hand in the killing, for I saw you. But you acted against your will. Am I right?"
Still the patriarch flung back his glance defiantly.
"You were ordered to kill and you dared not disobey. Where is Belisario
Cardi?"
The old man started. Into his eyes for the briefest instant there leaped a look of terror, then it was gone.
"I do not know what you are talking about," he answered.
"Come! The man with the rubber coat has confessed."