[If she was involved in something, chances are, she wouldn't have been around to be a candidate.
--This is what Darras thinks, and does not say. He's not about to insult Yseult, or give her away, if she's kept some bits back. And that's not even to have implied that Velez would have been killed. She might have simply been arrested, dragged off somewhere, depending on her crime. But she still wouldn't have been around, is the point.
Instead of saying any of that, Darras takes a drink and waits, patiently, for Yseult to answer the question.]
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--This is what Darras thinks, and does not say. He's not about to insult Yseult, or give her away, if she's kept some bits back. And that's not even to have implied that Velez would have been killed. She might have simply been arrested, dragged off somewhere, depending on her crime. But she still wouldn't have been around, is the point.
Instead of saying any of that, Darras takes a drink and waits, patiently, for Yseult to answer the question.]