The Devil in Music
“"I thought you meant to return to Venice." "I had unfinished business here, Signor Commissario." "What was that?" "Marchese Rinaldo was still alive, Signor Commissario." There was a shocked silence.
"What are you saying?" Grimani asked sharply. "Are you implying you had something to do with his murder?" "I'm saying that I killed him, Signor Commissario. I thought you knew that. Didn't you send these men to arrest me?" "It isn't true!" cried Francesca. "He's only saying it for my sake, to protec...t me!" Valeriano turned his remote, dead eyes on her. "This has nothing to do with you." "What do you mean?" she faltered. "Why do you look like that?" "I'm sorry," he said quietly. "There's a great deal I ought to have told you." She lifted trembling hands to her brow. "This isn't happening.
Everyone, everything has gone mad " "Your confession is convenient, Signor Valeriano," Grimani cut in, "but you do have a motive to lie. I don't want a culprit I can't convict." "You don't believe me?" Valeriano started to reach into an inside pocket of his coat.MoreLess
"What are you saying?" Grimani asked sharply. "Are you implying you had something to do with his murder?" "I'm saying that I killed him, Signor Commissario. I thought you knew that. Didn't you send these men to arrest me?" "It isn't true!" cried Francesca. "He's only saying it for my sake, to protec...t me!" Valeriano turned his remote, dead eyes on her. "This has nothing to do with you." "What do you mean?" she faltered. "Why do you look like that?" "I'm sorry," he said quietly. "There's a great deal I ought to have told you." She lifted trembling hands to her brow. "This isn't happening.
Everyone, everything has gone mad " "Your confession is convenient, Signor Valeriano," Grimani cut in, "but you do have a motive to lie. I don't want a culprit I can't convict." "You don't believe me?" Valeriano started to reach into an inside pocket of his coat.MoreLess
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