And emotionally? Emotionally it is the same. The Kedaki religion is--the Kedaki religion. The cornerstone on which the world-spanning structure that is the edifice of Kedaki culture rests. The womb of knowledge and the sum of knowledge. But--questioned now. Doubted secretly by some among the highborn, as if they get a masochistic satisfaction from believing their gods are false and their fifty-generation belief in metempsychosis an attempt of their own class to keep the lowborn in servitude. Why, it was ridiculous! "Come in, come in, my dear fellow!" Gawroi boomed, motioning his visitor to one of the low benches. "So you are Felg." "I came as soon as I saw your announcement," Felg said, seating himself uncomfortably on the low bench. "Tell me about it, Felg. What you said by phone, it could be very important." Felg licked his lips nervously. "You realize I'm not usually an informer, but when I saw that the Chairman of the Department of Archaeology at the College and the police were both seeking this Matlin...." "The police were not my idea," Gawroi growled. And they weren't, but not for the reason he would have this Felg think. If the Five Bureau decided to ring in the police, he supposed that was the Five Bureau's business. But the police might make Matlin--the Earthman Rhodes, he was sure--wary. "Now, then. You say you know the whereabouts of Matlin?" "I think so." "May I ask, Felg, why you...." Gawroi let his voice trail off, hoping Felg would interrupt him. And Felg did. "Why I inform on this man? Because it is my duty as a loyal Kedaki, as a servant of my world and the world-idea which governs us, through five thousand years, from Balata 'kai." "Good," said Gawroi. "Now tell me." "Last night the man Matlin took a bus to Haatok." "The northern outskirt of the city?" "Yes, Haatok. This was as close to Balata 'kai as public conveyance could take him." "He's going to Balata 'kai?" "The bus was night darkened. I was on the bus. I got off the bus at Haatok, as he did. He was in the company of a woman named Haazahri." "Haazahri," said Gawroi, writing the name down. "Go ahead." "On the bus, he and the woman Haazahri spoke softly, but I heard some of their words. In the morning, that is, today, they were going to Balata 'kai." "Why? Did they say why?" "I failed to hear them. Why do you want this Matlin?" "Isn't his illegal entry into Balata 'kai enough?" "You didn't know that," said Felg, "until I told you." "I'll ask you a question, Felg. Why did you want to inform on Matlin?" "I already told you...." "And I'm asking again. What were your personal reasons?" "I have no personal reasons." "Well, not that it matters." Felg said suddenly, "You want to kill Matlin, don't you?"