Why did you murder your best friend?
Did I not warn you that so frightful a crime would come to light ?" "Call it crime, if you will; but at least my just vengeance is satisfied, and now neither complaints nor recriminations can recall the past nor shelter us from danger." "But, signor, what can we do to escape punishment ?" "There is a means, easy and certain.

There is a means; but, Julio, it requires good will and resolution.

May I rely upon you for this last effort ?" "What would not one be willing to do in order to escape this gallows or the wheel ?" "Then listen to me.

I told you that the bailiff would search the cellars.
If he finds the corpse in my house, we are both ruined." "Certainly, signor." "But suppose it be found in another place, far from this spot, who would suspect us of the murder ?" "An excellent thought!" exclaimed Julio, joyfully.

"We must carry the dead body to a distant street and leave it there." "Not so.