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"We haven’t met," he said "But I believe we’ve corresponded"

"Yes" was all Delorh she did shake the professor’s hand More, Lacoste felt, out of habit than desire

Lacoste looked around and spotted a table in the corner, a distance from Beauvoir and the professor

"I think that one’s free," she said, and watched as the CSIS agents practically cliet to it

Chief Inspector Lacoste had asked Olivier not to mention that she’d called ahead and reserved it

"They work for CSIS," said the professor, turning his back on them "But of course, you know that I think it would be a stretch to call theents"

"Then what are they?" asked Beauvoir

"File clerks," said Rosenblatt

"How do you know theovernment for the files on Gerald Bull and Project Babylon for years I was planning to write a major paper on him to mark the twentieth anniversary of his assassination Those two are in the department that keeps the dossier on Dr Bull, but they won’t release the inforood question, Inspector"

He glanced behind him, and saw Mary Fraser swiftly drop her eyes Then Rosenblatt returned his attention to Beauvoir

"How did they react to the Supergun?"

"They were as surprised as you were," said Beauvoir

"I wonder if that’s true"

"He was brilliant, you know," Mary Fraser said "Gerald Bull The youngest person to get a PhD in Canada At the age of twenty-tenty-two He was light years ahead of the rest But there was so with him He had no brakes He drew no line And if he saw one, he was determined to cross it"

Isabelle Lacoste listened The two CSIS agents were taking turns telling the story It was now clear to Lacoste why they’d been sent