“Trust The Teacher. I do.” “I’m frightened: I can’t help feeling he’s not as much in control of things as he needs to be. Does that make sense? Can I say that?” “The Teacher sometimes understands things that we cannot. When he decided on the move to America, he knew there would be changes; I think he believed it would be impossible for us to move forward unless it had its own room to breathe; he had to let it do so for itself.” “I know that; I understood that.” “You’re still worried. You’re thinking perhaps he has let something happen that he can’t control? That perhaps it will take over - take over The Programme - and perhaps that it will take him over too?” Carey nodded: it was exactly what she meant. “That’s why I say that he understands things that we don’t. What looks impossible

