"We lost all that through indirect purchases and—"
"And what?"
"Bribes, if you must know."
"Bribes?"
"My dear sir, you can't order cyclotrons without making people suspicious. If you so much as mention an atom today, you accuse yourself."
"Then we all stand accused here and now."
"I'm not denying that."
"What a terrible thing it is that the most precious part of our existence should be the most hated."
"You speak of—"
"The atom."