My brother recommended that I marry Mr.
Murao, but I wondered what Kiso-sama thought about it. I am sure my brother and Mr. Murao will have something to say about this in due course. ……

Kiso was aghast and then stunned. According to this date, the telegram was sent before Murao’s. But then, what did Murao mean by “kekko”? But then, what did Murao mean by “kekko”? Kiso pulled up the telephone on the table and asked the post office to check the telegram. 　–Kiso Reijiro was not happy about the long delay. 　Reijiro Kiso walked slowly down the long corridor toward the general office. Kiso had never heard of this institute’s marriage procedures. He had to ask about it. 　But as he walked slowly, he kept thinking about the power of science. 　If science could progress to the point where the enormous energy generated by atomic destruction could be harnessed and popularized by the general public, he thought, our culture would see a quantum leap forward. But if it were to fall into the hands of a madman, the earth could be crushed to dust, along with hundreds of millions of other human beings at any moment. 　Kiso felt a coldness pressing down on his spine as he walked. (Unpublished manuscript).