I have two reasons. One, because the biggest banker in the country told me so. That's unimportant. He may have been lying. The other, because—
[He smiles quietly.
my papers tell me so.
[He picks up one of the papers off the floor.
I see you have been honoring me by reading them. Don't my papers tell you that there's going to be war?
conroy
No one pretends, Pollen, that your papers are wonders of undecorated truth.
pollen
Well, this time, trust them. What if they do lie about facts occasionally? I am not interested in facts. Facts are always misleading. But I know something about psychology—
conroy