CHAPTER 18Two weeks later found Court haggard and red-eyed with exhaustion. He and Ardath, aided by Li Yang, Scipio and Marion, had been working day and night, experimenting, testing, discarding. Court’s task had been complicated by the difficulty of securing the Government’s backing. The President, though in favor of Court’s proposal, would not give his consent until the country’s foremost scientists had approved.
“They still, don’t realize what we’re up against,” Court told Marion.
The two were walking toward a huge white auditorium on Pennsylvania Avenue. The dome of the Capitol loomed against the blue sky. A number of cars were drawn up before the marble building.
“But they know what the Plague’s doing,” Marion said worriedly. “New cases every day!”
“I know. Perhaps I shouldn’t hav
