'I believe you! ' cried the actor at last and extinguished his gaze. '
I believe you! Those eyes are not lying! How many
times have I said that your fundamental error is to underestimate the
significance of the human eye. The tongue may hide the truth but the
eyes--never! If somebody springs a question you may not even flinch ; in a
second you are in control of yourself and you know what to say in order to
conceal the truth. You can be very convincing and not a wrinkle will flicker
in your _expression_, but alas! The truth will start forth in a flash from the
depths of your soul to your eyes and the game's up! You're caught!'
Having made this highly persuasive speech, the actor politely asked
Kanavkin:
'Where are they hidden? '
'At my aunt's, in Prechistenka.'
'Ah! That will be ... wait . . . yes, that's Claudia Ilyinishna
Porokhovnikova, isn't it? ' ' Yes.'
'Yes, yes, of course. A little bungalow, isn't it? Opposite a high
fence? Of course, I know it. And where have you put them? '
'In a box in the cellar.'
The actor clasped his hands.
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