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?
Sí, comprendo, después de haber heredado de mi hermano, os habría sido dulce heredar de mí; pero, sabedlo de antemano, podéis matarme o hacerme matar, mis precauciones están tomadas, ni un penique de cuanto poseo pasará a vuestras manos.