As for myself I stood stock still in amazement.
I had supposed that Benoni had really gone to Austria, as he had told me he was about to do.

I had thought him ignorant of the count's retreat, save for the hint which had so luckily led me straight to the mark.

I had imagined him to be but a chance acquaintance of the Lira family, having little or no personal interest in their doings.
Nevertheless, I had suspected him, as I have told you.

Everything pointed to a deception on his part.

He had evidently gone immediately from Rome to Fillettino.