“Which has no ending,” completed the latter.
The doctor shrugged afresh.
“That has one inevitable termination,” he refuted.
“Which is––”
“Madness––sheer madness.”
The agent was silent a moment.
“And the end of that?” he suggested.
Curtis pursed his lips.
“Tragedy, or a strait-jacket. The former, in this instance.”
Evans was silent longer than before.