The Ghost of Mariasis

The idea of the spies and the trying to find out what is the truth is very, very one of his themes, his overall running themes. Another of his major themes is betrayal, a lot because of his father's experience during the Civil War. To be a spy is essentially to be a traitor to someone or other. And the idea of secrecy as well, secrets like a man who was saying, you know, it's very dangerous sometimes to find out a secret as an heart so white. Yes, dangerous knowledge.