"Murdered? By whom?"
"His brother."
" Simon? "
"Yes."
"But, Patrick! That — What is your name, by the way?"
"You forget. I haven't got one. I've always been called Brat. It was a corruption of Bartholomew."
"But my dear fellow, that is absurd. What evidence have you of anything so incredible?"
"I have Simon's word for it."
" Simon told you?"
"He boasted about it. He said that I could never do anything about it because it would mean giving myself away. He knew as soon as he saw me that I wasn't Patrick, you see."