Yet was I patient.

There should be no blundering through an excessive precipitancy.

I talked on until I saw that my suspicions were amply realised.

I caught the cold gleam of steel in the hand that he brought back as stealthily as he had carried it to his poniard.

Sant' Iddio! What a coward he was for all his bulk, to go so slyly about the business of stabbing a poor, helpless, defenceless Fool.
"But Sacchetti makes his point clear," I babbled on, most blandly; "almost as clear, as comprehensive and as penetrating as should be to you the point of this." And with a swift movement I swung half-round in my saddle, and sank my dagger to the hilt in his side even as he was in the act of raising his.
He made no sound beyond the faintest gurgle--the first vowel of a suddenly choked word of wonder and surprise.