I don't see
how we are to get him here into court."
"Well, I've had better luck this morning; and had not to go out to
seek it. My witness came to me; and I think I have got some
important evidence," said the lawyer, with much of the exultation of
a successful sportsman over a less fortunate rival.
"The deuce you have. There is a luck in those things. But if your
evidence came to you--Who the devil would ever think of coming to a
Commissary of Police as long as they could stay away, if they
pleased."
"Well, my witness was not altogether a willing one; or at least she
came to me for the purpose of saying something very different from
what she did say."
"But you did not come here merely to boast, I am sure, Signor
Giovacchino. You are going to tell me what you have been able to
learn, eh?" said the Commissary.
"Boast, no, not I! There's nothing to boast of. Besides, you know my
interest in the matter is of a different nature from yours, Signor
Pietro. All I want is to clear my friend and client, the Marchese
Ludovico. You, of course, are anxious to bring the crime home to
somebody."
"True," said the Commissary, nodding his head.
"And of course, therefore, any light I can throw upon the matter, I
am ready enough to bring to you, unless it were of a nature to
incriminate the Marchese," returned the lawyer.
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