trampled into the spilled coffee. When he finally found the one he wanted his hands were shaking as he flipped through it. The synopsis of Hengly’s reports for the past five years. The gradual rise and fall of the k-factor from month to month. There were no sharp breaks in the curve or gaps in the supporting equations.
Societics isn’t an exact science. But it’s exact enough to know when it is working with incomplete or false information. If Hengly had been kept in the dark about the S.P.N.B. , he would also have been misinformed about other factors. This kind of alteration of survey would have to show in the equations.
It didn’t.
Time was running out and Neel had to act. But what to do? He must warn Adao Costa. And the records here had to be protected. Or better yet destroyed. There was a power in these machines and charts that couldn’t be allowed to fall into nationalist hands. But what could be done about it?