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Book One: Dune
“Thenit’strue?”thebankerasked,shiftinghisattentiontoLeto.
“Ofcourse,it’strue!”theDukesnapped.“Theblastedcarry-alldisappeared.
Itshouldn’tbepossibleforanythingthatbigtodisappear!”
“Whenthewormcame,therewasnothingtorecoverthecrawler,”Kynessaid.
“Itshouldnotbepossible!”theDukerepeated.
“Noonesawthecarryallleave?”thebankerasked.
“Spotterscustomarilykeeptheireyesonthesand,”Kynessaid.“They’reprimarilyinterestedinwormsign.Acarryall’scomplementusuallyisfourmen
—twopilotsandtwojourneymenattachers.Ifone—oreventwoofthiscrewwereinthepayoftheDuke’sfoes—”
“Ah-h-h,Isee,”thebankersaid.“Andyou,asJudgeoftheChange,doyouchallengethis?”
“Ishallhavetoconsidermypositioncarefully,”Kynessaid,“andIcertainlywillnotdiscussitattable.”Andhethought:Thatpaleskeletonofaman!HeknowsthisisthekindofinfractionIwasinstructedtoignore.
Thebankersmiled,returnedhisattentiontohisfood.
JessicasatrememberingalecturefromherBeneGesseritschooldays.Thesubjecthadbeenespionageandcounter-espionage.Aplump,happy-facedReverendMotherhadbeenthelecturer,herjollyvoicecontrastingweirdlywith
thesubjectmatter.
Athingtonoteaboutanyespionageand/orcounter-espionageschoolisthesimilarbasicreactionpatternofallitsgraduates.Anyencloseddisciplinesetsitsstamp,itspattern,uponitsstudents.Thatpatternissusceptibletoanalysisandprediction.
