----------------- 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]