“I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU,” PEKKALA SAID.
Katamidze raised his eyebrows.
“Why speak up now? After all these years?”
“For a while,” said Katamidze, “I knew that the only way for me to stay alive was for people to think I was crazy. So no one would believe a word I said. The trouble is, Inspector, you stay here long enough, and you really do go crazy. I wanted to tell what happened, before even I stopped believing it.”
“Are you not afraid that the man who killed the Tsar might track you down?”
“I want him to find me,” Katamidze said softly. “I am tired of living in fear.”