"I don't quite know, O'Shea. Perhaps I have done so because I am, at
heart, more emotional than a true scientist should be. Perhaps I have
a secret fear that there may come a day when I shall be forced to play
God, give mankind its release from the chains of the tyrant."
Maureen shuddered.
"No, Doctor! You mustn't even think of that. Things look black now, but
they can't go on like this forever. Right and truth and liberty will
prevail in the end. There must be some other way to escape--"
"There is," said Dr. Mallory quietly. "There is another way. A plan I
have been working on ever since the failure of my first. There is one
last refuge to which they cannot follow us."