He said slowly to Guelvada: "What did he say in the statement?"
Guelvada raised his eyebrows. "Wouldn't you know?" he asked. "Do I have to tell you? He told of everything that you and Aurora Francis had said and done to him; from the night you arrived and beat him up until yesterday. He told your story of the fake lists; how you had threatened him. He told of this boat; how you were to take him away so that if anything went wrong you could accuse him. This man, I tell you, my good friend Kiernan, is going to get you fifteen years!"
Kiernan looked at Callao contemptuously. The Spaniard still sat with his head sunk on his chest, but Guelvada thought he saw something like a gleam come into the dead eyes. His mind worked quickly. If the Spaniard could be sufficiently goaded; if he could lose
