 What is unlikely to happen next?
"It's like this, MacBride. And if there was a house sitting on such a mountain and if winds did blow, it would shake exactly the way that one does. The house could have been preparing to take off and sail down the.... He watched as they spun and flashed in the darkness, and then set them for seven o'clock in the evening, April seventh, any year. Or, as Fownes hoped it might appear, the illusion of the domed city vanished and was replaced by a more satisfactory, and, for his specific purpose, more functional, illusion. It could mean yes, it could mean ask me again later on this evening.
 the government will rethink some of the dome's policies
 Agnes and Humphrey will leave the dome  the government will rethink some of the dome's policies  Humphrey's house will fall apart  the dome will be repaired