They say someone prepared to kill should also be prepared to die. If he has any fighting experience and started out on the offensive, he shouldn't be completely caught off-guard so much as to have his sword taken and suffer the stab wounds before his fall.

[a beat, and she reaches for her cigarette box.]

The stab wounds were on the front of the torso, but the body was discovered face down. Do you think that makes sense, or is simple coincidence?