That was enough.
"In two years much is forgotten," said the Delegato, sententiously, "and it is, perhaps, I alone who recall the more minute details of the case, because I was present and my interest was overwhelming.

I have not spoken of this to anyone but yourself.

I shall not speak of it again.

I have taken a journey to discuss it with you because I had hoped you would understand my professional interest in unravelling that which remains still obscure, a mystery, which is daily becoming to me a greater mystery than before the Marchesa's confession.

You have it in your power to gratify my natural desire for elucidation by an explanation which can no longer injure you in any way.