He nodded.
"Quite!"
"So that we can only let the subject drop."
He looked at me with mock gravity.
"I don't see that. It's an interesting topic."
"Possibly; but as it doesn't lead us any further—"
"But it does. It leads us to where we see straighter."
"Yes, but if I don't need to see straighter than I do?"
"We all need to see as straight as we can."
"I'm seeing as straight as I can when I say—"