had not the floor been claimed by someone seated near the head of the table.
″Gentlemen,″ he began, ″we keep debating how best to get rid of the girl Momo. Our motive - let's be honest - is fear, but fear is a bad counsellor.
I feel we're missing a golden opportunity - a unique opportunity.
There's a saying: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Well, why shouldn't we persuade the girl to join us?
Why not get her on our side?″ ″Hear, hear!″ cried a number of voices. ″Go on!″
″It seems clear,″ the seventh speaker continued, ″that this child has found her way to the Aforesaid,
in other words, she got there via the route that has eluded us for so long.
If she can find it again, as she probably can, with ease, she can lead us there.
We shall then be able to deal with the Aforesaid in our own way - very speedily, too, I feel sure.
Once that is done, we need no longer toil at gathering time by the hour, minute and second - no, gentlemen,
because we shall have captured mankind's whole store of time at a stroke, and possessing the whole of time means wielding absolute power.
Just think, gentlemen: we shall have attained our goal, and all because of the girl you propose to eliminate!″
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