"Leinster, Murray - Plague" - читать интересную книгу автора (Leinster Murray)

УYes, maТam,Ф said Ben. He still regarded her- steadily.
УThen, at your convenience,Ф she said quietly, Уyou may clean the cruiser alongside, and last of allЧbut I must be lastЧyou may cure me of the plague.Ф
УEasy enough,Ф said Ben grimly.
УVery wellЧФ -
The brass hat bleated:
УBut maТam, there is an official order that he shall be blasted immediately upon his capture if not on sight! It is irregular! It is unheard of! A Commission orderЧAnd he has defied the Commission! He tried to blackmail it!Ф
The white-haired woman said meditatively:
УTo be sure. Formalities must be observed. So I formally annul his sentence. And, by the way, I order you under arrest for courtmartial. The charge will be stupidity, incompetence, and arrogance. I have to make a charge,Ф she added mildly, Уso we can have a psychometrist make a complete chart of your personality. Really, we must make regulations to keep your sort from having authority, hereafter. You do too much damage.Ф She turned again to Ben. УNow, what will you need?Ф
УFive minutes with your technical officer,Ф said Ben briefly. УThen he
can do anything I could. But maТam, I have a girl on board. SheТs been officially reported dead, and sentenced to death afterward. I would likeЧФ -
УA pardon? Of course!Ф
УNo, maТam, a wedding,Ф- said Ben. He grinned.

(Formal announcement by the Galactic Commission, Sitting in Executive Session, January z6, 2195.)

УThe Galactic Commission makes it known that it recognizes that the plague upon Pharona, and its very great threat to the entire human race, cannot be blamed upon anything but certain ill-advised actions of members of the Administrative Service. Members of the Commission, having discovered this fact, have discovered other and further evidences of extraordinary incapacity and stupidity among high officials of the Administrative Service, and have determined that such persons fall into certain mental patterns which from now on are to be forbidden. Persons falling within patterns. . .У (Here follows a list of sixteen mental patterns) Уare forbidden hereafter to hold any office under the Commission, or any office of authority in any enterprise under the CommissipnТs guidance. The Commission recommends to planetary governments that such patterns be forbidden planetary positions of authority also, but since politics has enormous attraction for persons of these types, it cannot expect that they can successfully be excluded from legislative bodies until genetics supplies a means of breeding these strains out of the human race.Ф