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"Of course, you know, Mr Pollard," Prescott said, "you are incriminating yourself by your refusal to answer my question. No one is as yet under suspicion of crime -- indeed, it is not certain that a crime has been committed -- but it is my duty to learn all I can of the circumstances of the case, and I must ask you what you meant by a threat to kill Mr Gleason."
"It wasn't exactly a threat," Pollard returned, speaking slowly, and looked decidedly uncomfortable; "it was merely a -- a statement."