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know, old hat for us. Right through here. My office.<br />

Can you believe this dump? I wish you could have seen<br />

the suite they gave me at Cal Tech back in sixty-three.<br />

More coffee? I could give you some Sarah Lee apple<br />

strudel."<br />

Daniel Wolton graciously declined. "Let us be clear,<br />

shall we? I confess I remain a bit in the dark—"<br />

"I'm completely in the dark, I think I said so<br />

before," said Eagerly again to the flag in his lapel.<br />

"Are we," Wolton stroked the dimple in his chiseled<br />

chin, "talking about theoretical research into germ<br />

warfare? Is that correct? Are we talking about analysis<br />

of those future conditions—assault by some power that<br />

abrogated the laws of common military decency, some<br />

new Fascist megalomaniac—in which we might find<br />

ourselves in a state of germ warfare?"<br />

"Ah-CHOO!" replied the chief of staff. "Mr.<br />

Wolton, we are in a state of germ warfare right now,<br />

always have been. This puny planet is a hostile, nasty<br />

place and every eensy-weensy inch of it is crammed<br />

with submicroscopic killers. Now, that was a point I<br />

never could get across to Commander Brickbrain. I am

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