Indeed it was the light.

I give you a pearl and you make a mountain out of it.
To tell you the truth I am afraid that by wishing to do too well you have done less well.

Proofs! of course it is good to have proofs, but perhaps it is better to have none at all.

I have already told you, Panther, there is only one irrefutable proof, the confession of the guilty person (or if the innocent what matter!).

The Pyrot affair, as I arranged it, left no room for criticism; there was no spot where it could be touched.