Feuilly would correct him if he read minds: he doesn't think Moriarty lacks nerve for the truth, just that he has his own agenda. "He didn't really. He has something against Harry Percy--and Monmouth, too--but I gather he doesn't consider it much of an effort to set an explosive, any more than some men in Paris consider it much of an effort to cut a throat for the sake of someone's purse."

No, he's not going to share Moriarty's relationship commentary with Bahorel. In fact, he regrets bringing it up at all; there's no way for Bahorel not to take a warning as a challenge, and no way to make him want to leave a problem alone for someone else. "It's nothing that's worth your time, anyway," he says, a last effort, and then drops the subject, picking up the pictures again. "Really--thank you for bringing these. But it's--it's all right. I guess I'll keep one, but you can have the rest if you want."