They think that I know too much." "But why should they suddenly lose faith in you ?" Norgate asked.
"Perhaps because the end is so near," she replied.

"They know that I have strong English sympathies.

Perhaps they think that they would not bear the strain of the times which are coming." "You are an even greater pessimist than I myself," Norgate observed.

"Do you really believe that the position is so critical ?" "I know it," she assured him.

"I will not tell you all my reasons.