[If the Count ever rolled his eyes- I mean, ever- now would be the time for him to do so. Once again, he is reminded of the similarities between Crane's mind and a train: powerful, swift, but fatally inflexible and limited in direction.]

Even if that is the case, their response is hardly what you desire, is it? If you inflict fear upon them to make them accept your knowledge, only to have them spurn that knowledge out of that same fear, then it seems to me that things have not proceeded according to your design.