"Of course I will," Therese said. "No matter what you think about the polity, well...they are making the world better . They really are! Bruno’s gangsters—well, the police have got them. It’s the medical thing, and the money, and the surveillance...It’s working. The bad boys are dying from it. Every year, less and less of them. The criminal classes are dying. They’re very old and they were very strong for a long time but they are going away now, like a disease. There is something tragic there, but...but it’s a great political accomplishment."