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"And which establishners?" Beauvoir asked

"You carry a gun," said Rosenblatt, looking at the holster attached to Beauvoir’s belt "Best not to be hypocritical"

But his suess we’re all hypocrites, to a degree," Rosenblatt admitted "I worked on ballistics and trajectory, and it wasn’t for the fisheries departrilled scallop It turned out to be delicious The only possible iht

"We all draw lines," the professor was saying "Even those who design weapons Things that are too horrible to do, even if they can be done"

"This is a world with nuclear bo his fork down Suddenly no longer hungry "How et?"

To his relief, Professor Rosenblatt didn’t answer Instead the elderly professor looked out the old panes, to the quiet little village "I can’t believe he built it He was begged not to, but he thought the other designers were just jealous"

"Did you know Dr Bull?" Beauvoir asked

"As I told you, only by reputation I wasn’t in his league, but I was a part of that coes, the academic part"

"And were you jealous?" asked Beauvoir "Were the other designers jealous?"

Rosenblatt shook his head "We were frightened"

"Of what?"

"That what Gerald Bull said could be done really could And that he’d actually do it He was assassinated to stop him, there’s little doubt of that I think the CSIS files will prove it But they didn’t realize it was too late The die was cast The weapon built"

"Oui," said Beauvoir "But who did he build it for and why did he build it here?"