While engaged on it, all the said agents were inevitably compelled to neglect the true purpose of their existence, namely, time-gathering.
To this loss of revenue must be added the time expended during the manhunt by our agents themselves.
Accurate computations disclose that the sum of these two debit entries amounts to three billion,
seven hundred and thirty-eight million, two hundred and fifty-nine thousand, one hundred and fourteen seconds.
″That, gentlemen, is more than a whole human lifetime. I need hardly tell you what such a deficit means to us.″
Here he pointed dramatically to a huge steel door, bristling with combination locks and safety devices, set in the wall at the far end of the boardroom.
Our reserves of time are not inexhaustible, gentlemen,″ he pursued in a louder voice.
If the manhunt had paid off, well and good. As it is, we wasted time to no purpose.
The girl eluded us.There must be no repetition of this disastrous affair.
I shall strongly oppose any more such time-consuming operations from now on.
Time must be saved, not squandered. I would therefore urge you to frame your future plans accordingly.
That is all I have to say, gentlemen. Thank you for your attention.″
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