The 22nd Secret (24 page)

“
I
know
a
ll
a
bout h
e
r th
e
si
s
.”
W
oolum
re
spond
e
d
with
s
y
mpat
h
y
.
B
ut
h
e
k
n
e
w he
h
a
d to r
e
c
ruit
P
a
m r
e
g
a
rdl
e
ss of
their obje
c
t
i
ons.
“
I
w
a
s
hoping
y
ou would be
thr
i
l
l
e
d with
t
he
inv
i
tation for
the summ
e
r int
e
rnsh
i
p. App
a
r
e
nt
l
y
,
I
w
a
s w
r
o
n
g
.”

“
W
e
l
l
, we
just
h
a
ve
some
c
on
c
e
rns th
a
t’s
a
l
l
,”
Hi
l
d
a said
.

“
L
e
t
m
e
lev
e
l wi
t
h
y
ou.
Your
d
a
u
g
hter
h
a
s such
e
x
ce
pt
i
on
a
l abil
i
t
i
e
s that it
is v
i
tal she
be
a
l
l
ow
e
d to pa
r
t
i
c
ipate
in
t
his pro
g
r
a
m. Mr.
a
nd M
r
s. Koll
e
r
,
I
a
m
i
n
c
h
ar
g
e
of
a
ll
c
ompu
t
e
r r
e
s
e
a
r
c
h
a
t
L
os A
l
a
mos. Th
e
re
is no
f
in
e
r mo
r
e
a
d
v
a
n
ce
d
r
e
s
e
a
r
c
h
f
a
c
i
l
i
t
y
i
n the
w
o
r
ld.
I
h
a
v
e
no in
t
e
r
e
st
i
n
y
our
d
a
u
g
hte
r’
s co
n
t
i
nu
e
d
e
du
ca
t
i
on.
I
b
e
l
i
e
ve
she c
a
n make
a
v
e
r
y
mat
e
r
i
a
l
c
ontribution
t
o our
n
a
t
i
on, to
t
he
e
nt
i
re
human
r
a
ce
. And she
c
a
n do it
toda
y
,
r
i
g
ht
now.
W
h
a
t
y
o
ur
d
a
u
g
hter
is
c
a
p
a
ble
o
f
, with
t
he
pro
pe
r
g
uid
a
n
ce
, in
t
he
e
nvironme
n
t
we
ca
n
p
rovide
h
e
r,
ca
nnot be l
e
a
rn
e
d in s
c
h
o
ol.
S
he
is b
e
y
ond that.”

“
S
o
y
ou would just d
i
sr
e
g
a
rd h
e
r
e
du
c
a
t
i
on?
W
h
y
?
”
Hilda
a
ske
d
.

“
No, of
c
o
u
rse
not. This
m
a
y
b
e
dif
f
icult for
y
ou
t
o und
e
rst
a
nd. Your
d
a
u
ghter
is
i
n some d
a
ng
e
r.”

“
D
a
n
g
e
r
?
”
a
sked
Roland. “
F
rom who,
wh
a
t do
y
o
u me
a
n
?
”
Roland
wa
s a h
e
a
l
t
h
y
w
e
l
l
-bui
l
t
m
a
n. He
e
y
e
d
H
e
n
r
y
,
r
ea
l
iz
ing
he
w
a
s also a
p
re
possessi
n
g
f
i
g
u
r
e,
c
a
p
a
ble of
thr
e
a
teni
n
g th
i
s f
a
m
i
l
y
.

“
T
r
y
to unde
r
stand.
S
u
r
e
ly
y
o
u know the
wo
r
ld
i
s a d
a
n
g
e
rous p
l
ac
e
full of
d
a
ng
e
rous p
e
ople. Crim
i
n
a
ls, fo
re
i
gn
g
ov
e
rnm
e
nts ev
e
n so
m
e
c
o
r
po
r
a
t
i
ons
c
ould po
te
nt
i
a
l
l
y
h
a
ve
a
n in
t
e
r
e
st
i
n
y
our
d
a
u
g
hte
r
.
”

“
This
i
s pr
e
post
e
rous.
Y
o
u
g
ov
e
rnm
e
nt people
a
re
a
ll
p
a
r
a
noid. The
Chine
s
e
sto
l
e
a
ll
y
o
ur
s
ec
r
e
ts
s
o
y
ou th
i
nk
y
ou n
e
e
d to
l
o
c
k up
e
v
e
r
y
t
hi
n
g
.”
Roland
r
a
ised his vo
i
ce
.
“
W
e
l
l
, th
i
s h
a
s nothing
to do wi
t
h o
u
r d
a
u
g
hte
r
.
You
a
r
e
not go
i
ng
to
t
a
lk wi
t
h h
e
r.
I
’m
a
f
ra
id
y
ou
’
re
g
oi
n
g to
l
ea
ve
r
i
g
ht
now.”
Rol
a
nd stood up
rea
d
y
to es
c
o
rt the
men out.

Oh shi
t
. H
e
n
r
y
p
re
p
a
r
e
d
t
o st
a
n
d
,
a
f
ra
id
o
f
w
h
a
t
w
a
s
g
oi
n
g
to hap
p
e
n n
e
xt
. He
kn
e
w the
g
irl w
a
s
g
oi
n
g
with
t
h
e
m
soon
e
r or
lat
e
r, one
w
a
y
or
the oth
e
r.
Ho
w
a
rd
r
e
a
c
h
e
d out and stopped H
e
n
r
y
with a
g
e
nt
l
y
h
a
nd
on his should
e
r.

“
P
le
a
se, Mr.
K
ol
le
r, al
l
o
w me
to e
x
plai
n
, for
y
our
d
a
u
g
h
t
e
r
’
s s
a
k
e
. Th
e
n
w
e
’ll l
ea
ve
if
y
o
u sti
l
l w
a
nt us to.” Rol
a
nd
c
ont
i
nu
e
d to stand
a
s
Ho
wa
rd p
u
l
l
e
d
a
blue
f
i
l
e
f
rom his brie
f
ca
s
e
.
“
The
more
y
ou kn
o
w
a
b
o
ut
t
his
t
he
more
d
a
ng
e
r
y
ou
a
nd
y
o
u
r
w
ife
will
be
in. The
more
c
h
a
n
c
e the
r
e
is
y
our
da
u
g
ht
e
r
w
i
ll
be
hurt.
I
would p
re
f
e
r
it
if
y
ou kn
e
w nothi
n
g
a
b
out
t
his.
I
hop
e
d
y
ou would be
h
a
p
p
y
th
i
nking
y
o
ur
d
a
u
g
hter
w
a
s
g
oi
n
g to
L
os Alamos
a
s
a
n in
te
rn
f
or
a
f
e
w months.
B
e
l
i
e
ve
m
e
, Mr.
K
ol
l
e
r.
I
c
a
re
a
bout
y
our
da
u
g
h
t
e
r
v
e
r
y
much. She is
e
x
tr
e
me
l
y
v
a
l
u
a
ble not just to
m
e
but also to p
e
ople
w
ho m
a
y
not
h
a
ve
h
e
r best
i
nte
re
sts
a
t he
a
rt. Peo
p
le
w
ho would stop
a
t noth
i
ng
to use
h
e
r
a
bi
l
i
t
ies
f
or
pur
p
oses
f
a
r l
e
ss n
o
ble th
e
n
I
’m s
u
g
g
e
st
i
n
g
.
You h
a
ve
to belie
v
e
m
y
sinc
e
ri
t
y
h
e
r
e
.
”
He
c
ont
i
nu
e
d
a
s he h
e
ld the
f
i
le.
“
W
e
h
a
ve
b
ee
n k
e
e
ping
r
ec
o
r
ds on
p
e
ople with e
x
ce
pt
i
on
a
l abil
i
t
i
e
s
l
i
ke
P
a
m, for
d
e
c
a
d
e
s.
S
ometi
m
e
s to r
ec
ruit th
e
m
f
or
the
g
ov
e
r
nmen
t
, someti
m
e
s we
k
ee
p
r
ec
o
r
ds for
other
r
e
a
sons.
B
e
l
i
e
ve
me, th
i
s is
a
ll
v
e
r
y
c
o
n
f
idential.”