"I certainly did think it."

"Well, then, you may unthink it. They stood
every strain easily -- until the Interdict. Since then,
they merely put on a bold outside -- at heart they are
quaking. Make up your mind to it -- when the armies
come, the mask will fall."

"It's hard news. We are lost. They will turn our
own science against us."

"No they won't."

"Why?"