“Remember my words: ‘If you return home safely, I shall believe God has forgiven you, and I will forgive you also.’” “And you did not warn me!” cried Caderousse, raising himself on his elbows. “You knew I should be killed on leaving this house, and did not warn me!” “No; for I saw God’s justice placed in the hands of Benedetto, and should have thought it sacrilege to oppose the designs of Providence.”