 Aubrey confidently admits what he has done—having decided that the government was too inefficiently run to survive, he intended to use the scheme to bring down the government and install himself as a technocratic dictator in its place.Afterwards, Amanda and Campion talk, and Amanda admits that Aubrey had lost interest in her once he had convinced her that she was in love with him.Realising he has taken Amanda for granted, Campion proposes that they marry the next day, and she agrees.