The young man glanced in the direction of Bruno and of Bruno's wife, who stood beside him.
"It is a delicate matter, sir," he said.
"Come this way," said David Rossi, and he took the stranger into his bedroom.
IV
David Rossi took his seat at the desk between the windows, and made a sign to the man to take a chair that stood near.
"Your name is Charles Minghelli?" said David Rossi.
"Yes. I have come to propose a dangerous enterprise."
"What is it?"
"That somebody on behalf of the people should take the law into his own hands."
The man had spoken with perfect calmness, and after a moment of silence David Rossi replied as calmly: