"You are afraid that they will murder her, if you do not marry her--or if she will not marry you." Bosio uttered a loud exclamation of alarm and astonishment, for this was altogether beyond anything in his experience.
"Is it so ?" asked Giuditta Astarita.
"Yes.

It is true," said Bosio, in uncertain tones.

"And I wish to know--whether--" he stopped.
"Whether the grey-faced man and the handsome woman whose eyes are near together will really kill her ?" asked the spirit voice.
Bosio felt his soft hair rising on his head.

"Do you know who I am ?" he asked nervously.
"No," replied the voice of Giuditta.

"The spirits know everything, but I do not.