"I walk as I breathe." "You walked all night, then?
That was Friday night.

I do not wish to keep you, my dear child, but if you would tell me how long Botti has been ill--" he waited.
"This is the forty-ninth day," Regina answered at once.
"Dear me! Poor boy! That is a long time!" "I stole eggs and wine to keep him alive," the girl explained.

"They tried to make me give him white beans and oil.

They wanted him to die, because he was an expense to them." "Who were those people ?" asked the Superintendent, putting the question suddenly.
But Regina had gained time to prepare her story.
"Why should I tell you who they are ?" she asked.

"They did no harm, after all, and they let him lie in their house.