Where was the wound ?" "The wound that killed his Highness will be found near the heart." "Cruel!" Philip looked down at his own hands, and he shook his head very sadly.

"Cruel, most cruel," he repeated in a low tone.
"I admit that it was a very cruel deed," said Mendoza, looking at him fixedly.

"In that, your Majesty is right." "Did you see your daughter before or after you had committed the murder ?" asked the King calmly.
"I have not seen my daughter since the murder was committed." "But you saw her before?
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You say that you saw your daughter before you did it." "I did not say that," answered Mendoza firmly.
"It makes very little difference," said the King, "If you had seen her with his Highness, the murder would have seemed less cold-blooded, that is all.