In that respect at least, Bishop told himself, the Kimonians are the adults and we are the adolescents. In comparison with the Kimonians, we have no right to consider ourselves any more than children.
It was hard to take.
He gagged on it.
Swallow it, he told himself. Swallow it.
The cabinet said: "It is late, sir. You must be getting tired."
"You want me to go to bed?"
"It's a suggestion, sir."
"All right," he said.
He rose and started for the bedroom, smiling to himself.
Sent off to bed, he thought - just as a child is sent.