"But Paul heard the falsehood in their voices, felt the menace that had brought Halleck instinctively into guarding position.
"Paul spoke dryly: 'A terrible place for them to die.'
"Without turning, Kynes said: 'When God hath ordained a creature to die in a particular place, He causeth that creature's wants to direct him to that place.'
"Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes.
"And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was concerned more over the men than he was over the spice. He risked his own life and that of his son to save the men. he passed off the loss of a spice crawler with a gesture. The threat to men's lives had him in a rage. A leader such as that would command fanatic loyalty. He would be difficult to defeat.
"Against his own...