but

to use Hope

to use Hope as the transport for the departing Mesan personnel. Web Du Havel had sided with her immediately, but Jeremy had dug in his heels.
Let the swine make the trip in cubbyholes aboard Solarian warships.
The children, too?
Those are not children. Those are young vipers.
No. NO. There isn't enough room for all of them. Leave any behind . . .
Vipers.
Damn you, Jeremy! I will not be crowned standing in a lake of blood and vomit! End the slaughter now! NOW, do you hear!
It had been the first clash of wills between her and Jeremy. And . . .
She'd won, to her surprise. Mostly because, she decided afterward, even Jeremy had been a little shaken by the horror.