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interrogation or a casual conversation?тАЭ

Lagrange shrugged. тАЬThe answers are respectively, mademoiselle,
тАШNot yet,тАЩ and тАШOfficial interrogation.тАЩ I apologize if my manner has been too
informal.тАЭ

She frowned, but Lagrange could see that the gesture was theatrical.
тАЬPerhaps I should have an attorney present.тАЭ

He nodded slightly. тАЬWith all due respect, Dr. Parkes, this is not
America. There is no Miranda law here, nor any direct equivalent of habeas
corpus.тАЭ

She unlocked the door. тАЬWhatever Giorgio did, he did to himself.тАЭ

Inside the room were a half dozen scattered computer terminals, a
shelf-lined wall filled with black notebooks, a bulletin board sprinkled with
particle-collision photos, and finally, in the center, two large machines that
looked like 3-D video games. It was in these, the Megateks, that
computer-enhanced, three-dimensional re-creations of the experiments in
the collider pit could be displayed.

тАЬSome people say you could have stopped him.тАЭ

тАЬI tried. He wouldnтАЩt listen.тАЭ

тАЬBut it was you who threw the switch.тАЭ

тАЬAt his order. At his insistence. Does that make me a criminal?тАЭ

тАЬPerhaps. There are several dependencies.тАЭ

тАЬSuch as...тАЭ

тАЬSuch as what exactly has happened to him. Such as whether you
knew the consequences of his order.тАЭ

тАЬHe was Director General of CERN, my immediate supervisor.тАЭ

тАЬNevertheless, if your direct superior commands you to fire a loaded
gun at his head and you do itтАЭ тАФhe held out his hands тАФтАЭthe law says you
are guilty of murder. And no matter that he is an arrogant, patronizing,
womanizing bastard.тАЭ He paused. тАЬNow, did you know the consequences of
throwing that switch?тАЭ

She inhaled deeply. тАЬI. . .тАЭ She shook her head. тАЬGiorgio had so
undermined my confidence I couldnтАЩt be sure of anything. I doubted my
own mind.тАЭ

тАЬSo you werenтАЩt certain?тАЭ