Why didn't the old fool leave him alone? How far could a man be pushed? What did he have to lose now that he knew that membership on the Board of Fathers meant a lingering death by heart disease? A wave of adrenaline shot through his system as anger burned brightly.
He almost snarled as he asked, "Suppose you do some answering? Suppose I ask the questions for a change?"
Leaning back in his chair The Grandfather's face reflected no emotion at all.
Comstock snapped. "Suppose you tell me how you've stayed in power so long! Some of those earth books I read in Bowdler's library made me wonder about a lot of things, Grandfather. And I'd like to know some of the answers!
"Tell me, how have you stayed in power so long?"
"Because," The Grandfather said, "since you ask, because of fear."
Of that emotion there was none in Comstock. He was beyond any ordinary feelings at all. They had all been washed away.
CHAPTER 14
"Fear?" Comstock hazarded, for at the moment the word meant nothing to him. Nothing at all.