"Jerry Davis - Elko the Potter (2)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Davis Jerry)

above, sat at a large horseshoe-shaped table around the single
stool and podium where Raymond sat and fidgeted. The chairman
himself, the "Pope" of Technica, was out of the solar system on a
project of his own.
"We congratulate you on your success," Lemmus was saying.
"Your method was precise and your supporting evidence very
convincing. Elko Potter does indeed seem to be the inventor of the
wheel. Your detail of his life is, also, very thorough."
"Thank you, Professor," Raymond said. He allowed himself a
modest bow.
"The circumstances of his death also lend itself to our
advantage. Suicide in the Euphrates."
"It appeared to be suicide, yes. We won't know for sure until
we ask him."
The professors around him nodded, except for Steve Gibson. He
was a large-chested man with long flowing white hair and big blue
eyes. "I suggest we make that an imperative. Burns should split
his next phase into two; one being a covert contact to ask the
subject exactly that: Did he really invent the wheel? It is
possible that he only recreated it. Perhaps he saw such a thing
earlier in his life. If so, then go on with the next phase."
A few of the members of the board nodded at this, but Lemmas
--- who was acting director in the Chairperson's absence --- shook
her head. "We've all reviewed Professor Burns's data. There is no
evidence of the wheel in any temporal scans earlier than Elko
Potter's first cart."
"I suggest that his time scans may not have caught earlier
incarnations," Gibson said.
"We are all aware that Professor Burns's project may cut into
your own research time with the temporal devices, Professor
Gibson. I suggest that you let him get on with his project as
quickly as possible so that it minimizes delay with yours."
Gibson rolled his eyes but said nothing.
"Now, if there are no further objections, then I would say

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Professor Burns has the green light for the second phase of his
project." Lemmas stared at Gibson, waiting for him to object.
Gibson heaved a loud, disgusted sigh and crossed his arms
defensively across his chest, but said nothing. Lemmas turned to
Raymond. "Once you submit a detail of your plans," she said, "you
shall have what assistance you need and free use of Temporal
Transfer Chamber number three."
Raymond exited from the meeting gleefully, carefully avoiding
Steve Gibson's smoldering stare.

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