There is, of course, an aspect of truth in Monygham's diversion. We recall that Charles Gould put on something of a front for Holroyd to secure the backing for his project . Gould does see the silver --and not just that lot -- as belonging fundamentally to himself, not in Sotillo's sense of monetary greed but as something belonging exclusively to his dream-ideal. He is willing to blow up the mine to prevent anyone else from taking it.