"Joseph Delaney - Brainchild" - читать интересную книгу автора (Delaney Joseph)

The admonitions didn't take long. Blatchley was a positive,
matter-of-fact man who lost no time in convincing the judge he fully
understood the risk and was willing to take it. Ruth had already decided
he'd make a superb witness. He had just the right amount of age to be
robustly grandfatherly. The fringe of gray hair around his bald pate,
together with his gold-rimmed bifocals, framed an honest, open face. He
had a tendency to cock his head in a manner suggesting righteousness,
although this was only the result of trying to look through the proper part
of the lenses. Moreover, he was possessed of a melodious voice and a
superlative command of the English language. Monte would discover he
was slightly a tiger.
Seated in the chair with his hands together, joined at the fingertips, the
old man waited patiently for Monte's first question.
"Tell the jury who you are and what you do, Doctor."
Blatchley cleared his throat. "My name is Clarence Blatchley. I am the
founder and current director of the Blatchley Institute of Genetic
Research."
"How long have you done this?"
"Since it opened, twelve years ago."
"How many people work there?"
"Do you mean everybody or just the technical people?"
"Technical people, Dr. Blatchley. Those who actually do any scientific
work."
"Well, let's see. Besides myself and Dr. Schoonover, there's Dr. Smith
and Dr. Fleming; Dr. Smith's a botanist, Fleming's an entomologist. Then
there's Roy Leeper, a bacteriologist, and Harry Shabelman, a pharmacist.
Then we have a bunch of maintenance people, animal handlers and so
on."
"Tell me: Who was involved in Adam's development?"
"That was DelmarтАФI mean, Dr. Schoonover's project. He worked on it
pretty much alone. He had some technical assistance from the rest of the
staff, of course, and we had some outside specialists in on it too. I could
check the records."
"Later, perhaps. Were you involved in this research in any way?"
 "I'm involved in everything that happens at the institute. I supervise all
the projects, and I have to approve them to start with."
"Did you approve the project that generated Adam?"
"I did."
"How long ago was that?"
"Oh, let's see. Adam's six. It must have been eight or ten years ago. I
really don't remember."
"And that was Dr. Schoonover's brainchild?"
Ruth flinched. The question was leading as well as being a
characterization, but she decided to let it pass. Objections have more
punch if used sparingly and she might be able to utilize the term herself,
later.
"It was his idea, if that's what you mean."
"Yes, Doctor, that's what I mean. Now, you would never have approved