Karel Capek: War With The Newts

"It always used to be nothing but sea, and that's how it's going to be again. It's the end of the world. Somebody told me once that even Prague was seabed once. I think it must have been the newts that did it then as well. I should never have let that sea captain in to see Mr. Bondy. There was something that kept telling me, don't do it, and then I thought to myself, perhaps I'll get a tip from this sea captain. And then, he never did. That's how you destroy the whole world you see, all for nothing . . . " The old man gulped back something like a tear. "I know, I know full well, we've all had it. It's the end of the world, and it's all my fault . . . "