of my list of priorities. If you want to interrogate him you'll have to wait. And pray. Oh yes, and if he doesn't come out of coma in eight hours let me know, maybe we can use him for spare-part surgery.'
'Hold it there, doctor,' he said. 'One word out of any of these people about there being'
'Gassed?' said the doctor incredulously. 'I don't think you realize what you've done, Major. They're not going to remember a thing.'
'There being an agent here,' shouted Glaushof. 'Of course they've been gassed. Lieutenant Harah did that.'
'If you say so,' said the doctor. 'My business is physical welfare not base security and I guess you'll be able to explain Mrs Ofrey's condition to the General. Just don't call on me to say she and seven other women are naturally psychotic.'
Glaushof considered the implications of this request and found them decidedly awkward. On the other hand there was always Lieutenant Harah...'Tell me, doc,' he said, 'just how sick is Harah?'
'About as sick as a man who's been kicked in the groin and inhaled AI Two can be,' said the doctor. 'And that's not taking his mental condition beforehand into account either. He should have been wearing one of these.' He held up the box.
Glaushof looked at it speculatively and then glanced at Wilt. 'What would a terrorist want with one of those things?' he asked.
'Could be he expected what Lieutenant Harah got,' said the doctor, and left the room.
Glaushof followed him into the next office and sent for Captain Clodiak. 'Take a seat, Captain,' he said. 'Now I want a breakdown of exactly what happened in there tonight.'
'What happened in there? You think I know? There's this maniac Harah...'
Glaushof held up a hand. 'I think you should know that Lieutenant Harah is an extremely sick man right now.'
'What's with the now?' said Clodiak. 'He always was. Sick in the head.'
'It's not his head I'm thinking about.'
Captain Clodiak chewed gum. 'So he's got balls where his brain should be. Do I care?'
'I'd advise you to,' said Glaushof. 'Assaulting a junior officer carries a very heavy penalty.'
'Yea, well the same goes for sexually assaulting a senior one.'
'Could be,' said Glaushof, 'but I think you're going to have a hard time proving it.'
'Are you telling me I'm a liar?' demanded the Captain.
'No. Definitely not. I believe you but what I'm asking is, will anyone else?'
'I've got witnesses.'
'Had,' said Glaushof. 'From what the doctors tell me they're not going to be very reliable. In fact I'd go so far as to say they don't even come into the category of witnesses any longer. Agent Incapacitating does things to the memory. I think you ought to know that. And Lieutenant Harah's injuries have been medically documented. I don't think you're going to be in a position to dispute them. Doesn't mean you have to, but I'd advise you to co-operate with this department.'
Captain Clodiak studied his face. It wasn't a pleasant face but there was no disputing the fact that her situation wasn't one which allowed her too many options. 'What do you want me to do?' she asked.
'I want to hear what this Wilt said and all. In his lectures. Did he give any indications he was a communist?'
'Not that I knew,' said the Captain. 'I'd have reported it if he had.'
'So what did he say?'
'Mostly talked about things like parliament and voting patterns and how people in England see
