I have nothing to do with it, and I will have nothing to do with it.

You have heard Madame Zamenoy declare that the deed which you seek is not here.

I cannot say whether it is here or no.

I do not say--as you will be pleased to remember.

If it were here it would be in safe keeping for my brother-in-law, and only to him could it be given." "But will you not say whether it is in your hands?
You know well that Josef Balatka is ill, and cannot attend to such matters." "And who has made him ill, and what has made him ill ?" said Madame Zamenoy.