THE ANSWER

"Robert Hohmann smiled superciliously at the man before him. ""You have nerve,"" he said. It might have been a compliment excepting that the tone of the words was definitely sarcastic. ""You have the colossal effrontery to come here before me and tell me what I can do and what I cannot do.""

Greg Hammond said, quietly, ""Shall I repeat it? You are not to attempt the construction of the plutonium producing uranium pile."""