The Intruder

Excerpt from The Intruder: A Novel Should I go before the judge and say: "I have committed a crime. He would not be dead if I had not killed him. It it I, Tullio Hermil, who am his assassin. I premeditated that assassination in my house. I committed it with perfect lucidity of conscience, methodically, in all security. And I have gone on living in my house with my secret for a whole year, until to-day. To-day is the anniversary. I deliver myself into your hands. Listen to me, judge me." Can I go before the judge? Can I speak to him like that? I cannot, and I will not. The justice of men does not reach as far as me. There is no tribunal on earth competent to judge me. And yet I feel a desire to accuse myself, to confess. I feel a desire to reveal my secret to someone. To whom? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a...