Chapter 13
Marino Bordin had presented himself to the Deputy Commissioner for a first report with the agent who had accompanied him on the inspections and the cyclist repairman: "Mr. Commissioner, no gold bars in Appalle’s workshop or home or the cellar. Not on his wife either."
"Knives and razors?"
"Only in the house, not in the shop or in the cellar. As you ordered, I seized them and officer Rozzani has them in his waist bag."
"We'll give them to the coroner."
"Mr. Commissioner, I’d like to inspect the back of the tobacconist shop and the dead man’s cellar."
"Yes, but wait a moment." He had turned to the repairman: "You, Appalle, can close the shop now and go home to your wife."
"Yes sir Mr. Commissioner," the other had replied, had turned around and taken a first step towards his
