Refusing to participate had put his career in jeopardy, something he was
willing to do, to stand up against what he knew was wrong and
indefensible. And he had spoken out against the Horror, for those who
could not speak.
But many of his colleagues had not been willing. All the beloved
doctors and scientists, characterized as forthright, altruistic men and
women, working for the good of humanity, if not actively involved, at
least turning the other way as innocent, uncomprehending creatures were
subjected to physical and psychological tortures that were the rival of
the Holocaust. The Leeds Institute of Animal Research, called by its
critics, LIAR.
She kept thinking of Alaska.
But William felt no sympathy for her. The fact that such men had
murdered themselves in the process, that humanity had been no kinder to
its human victims, that it was ‘over now', could not cover the
brutal shame of it. All of it. Could not bring back the dead. The
innocent and the dead, who had been helpless before the grim
machinations of vicious human fear and ignorance.
He let her remain there, hobbled against a mound of slag. Then he drew
out his stiletto, and shot the blade into place. And held it six inches
from her face. She had ceased weeping and sat helpless, sobbing, ready
for the fall.
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