Lord Arglay asserted later that whenever Chloe de-
clared that she would be quite safe something peril-
ous was certain to be approaching. But since he knew
that she was in possession of one of the Types and there-
fore had at her disposal a means of escape from any crisis
and a place of refuge in his own house it did not seem
to him that she was likely to be in any unavoidable
danger. For alternatively if any one of those who were
bound to regard them as enemies should seize on the
Type she had, then his object would be achieved. The
Stone possessed, there would be no point in harming
Chloe; it would indeed be a stupid and risky thing to
do, arousing that very attention which it was important
to avoid. It appeared therefore to the Chief Justice that
though she might be inconvenienced she could not be
seriously endangered.

This argument, though sound within its limits,
suffered from the same trouble that invalidates all hu-
man argument and makes all human conclusion errone-
ous, namely, that no reasoning can ever start from the
possession of all the facts. The two facts which Lord
Arglay's reasoning left out of account were, first, the in-

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