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?
Értem én nagyon jól; először a bátyámtól akart örökölni, azután azt a gondolatot melengette, hogy tőlem örököl, de jó előre megmondhatom: megölhet, megölethet - megtettem minden intézkedést, vagyonomból egyetlen penny sem juthat a kezére.