"I have thought it, likely."
"It is the gist of the whole thing, sir."
"I am glad that you agree with me, although of course I am sorry to think that my own countrymen should deem it necessary to undertake such a thing as spying upon the government."
"Men will do strange things where their pockets are concerned."
"Or their ambitions--yes."
"I don't suppose, Mr. President, that private conversations of yours have been reported, of late, have they?"
"Not in the manner they were before, Mr. Carter ; but some of them have been reported. Of course, now that I am wise as to what was done before, I am careful not to talk where my face can be seen through a window-of course I am careful to refrain from conversations with others when I am where the motion of my lips may be observed; but you must understand that such occasions do arise, in spite of me."
"Yes."
"And so I am convinced, as I have said before, that it is Mustushimi who is behind it."
"And you have seen him?"