----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- 
 
>From the same chapter: 
 
"We are coming now rather into the region of guesswork," said <...>   
 
"Say, rather, into the region where we balance probabilities and choose  
the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagina- tion, but we have 
always some material basis on which to start our speculation. Now,  
you would call it a guess, no doubt, but I am almost certain that <...>"   
 
Hope this will help. And another great hint: the title of the novel is  
syntactically similar to one of the titles already suggested in the thread. 
Yuri 
 
------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ 
For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]