However, he continued all the same, but with increasing warmth: "Yes, I can very well understand that after having inherited the fortune of my brother it would be very agreeable to you to be my heir likewise; but know beforehand, if you kill me or cause me to be killed, my precautions are taken. Not a penny of what I possess will pass into your hands. Were you not already rich enough--you who possess nearly a million?
«Oui, je comprends, après avoir hérité de mon frère, il vous eût été doux d'hériter de moi; mais, sachez-le d'avance, vous pouvez me tuer ou me faire tuer, mes précautions sont prises, pas un penny de ce que je possède ne passera dans vos mains.