CHAPTER VIII
Side Effects“Your explanation, Ruth,” declared Drayton, pouring himself an excessively large glass of whisky, “had better be damn good.”
Goldstein, sitting at the opposite side of the commander’s desk, found that all of her eloquence had deserted her. In hopes of finding some inspiration, she glanced over the typewritten report in her hands:
15:13 — Test subject (Fred Scanlon, age 44) brought into laboratory.
15:16 — Injection of experimental vaccine VX-1 administered to subject.
15:42 — Subject stopped struggling against his restraints and went silent.
“In all justice, Commander,” she replied, desperately rather than defensively, “the vaccine was successful... technically. Check your copy of the report.”
16:15 — Subject’s blood tests as normal. All traces of carrier in
