“Don’t give your source, doctor. I’ll come back inside with you, I think.” Pembroke urged Dr. Superb back up the steps of the building, to the front door of his office. “Just say that one of your patients, a Ge, revealed it to you in confidence, but you feel it’s too important to be kept quiet.” “All right,” Superb said, nodding. “And don’t worry about the psychological effect on the nation,” Pembroke said. “On the masses of Bes. I think they’ll be able to withstand it, once the initial shock has worn off. There will be a reaction, of course; I expect it to demolish the system of government.
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