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have the right blood to begin with."
"Ah."
Anne lowered her eyes. Darwin had been speaking about the Papists, but
she knew the same was true of Redeemed missionaries. They tended to stay a
year in one place, do a few blood tests, then move on if they could not show
results -- because results were exclusively measured in blood rather than
what the people professed. If missionaries, her own missionaries, had been
abandoning sincere believers because they didn't believe the conversions
were "true"... what would God think of that?
But Darwin hadn't stopped talking. "Our voyage visited many islands,
Your Majesty, a few of which had never received missionaries of any kind.
Some of those tribes had serpentine analogues in their blood, while some did
not... and each island was homogeneous. I hypothesize that the potential for
analogues might have been distributed evenly through humankind millennia
ago; but as populations grew isolated, geographically or socially--"
"Yes, Mr. Darwin, We see your point." Anne found she was tapping her
finger on the edge of the table. She stopped herself and stood up. "This
matter deserves further study. We shall instruct the police to find a place
where you can continue your work without disturbance from outside sources."
Darwin's face fell. "Would that be a jail, ma'am?"
"A comfortable place of sanctuary," she replied. "You will be supplied
with anything you need -- books, paper, all of that."
"Will I be able to publish?" he asked.
"You will have at least one avid reader for whatever you write." She
favored him with the slightest bow of her head. "You have given Us much to
think about."
"Then let me give you one more thought. Your Majesty." He took a deep
breath, as if he was trying to decide if his next words would be offensive
beyond the pale. Then, Anne supposed, he decided he had nothing to lose.
"Papists and the Redeemed have been selectively breeding within their own
populations for five hundred years. There may come a time when they are too
far removed from each other to be... cross-fertile. Already there are rumors
of an unusually high mortality rate for children with one Papist parent and
one Redeemed. In time -- millennia perhaps, but in time -- I believe the two
populations may split into separate species."
"Separate species? Of humans?"
"It may happen, Your Majesty. At this very moment, we may be witnessing
the origin of two new species."
Queen Anne pursed her lips in distaste. "The origin of species, Mr.
Darwin? If that is a joke, We are not amused."
3. The Efficacy of Trisulphozymase for Preventing SA Incompatibility
Reactions in Births of Mixed-Blood Parentage:
The hearing was held behind closed doors -- a bad sign. Julia Grant had
asked some other colleagues what to expect and they all said, Show trial,
Show trial. Senator McCarthy loved to get his name in the papers. And yet
the reporters were locked out today; just Julia and the Committee.
A very bad sign.
"Good afternoon, Dr. Grant," McCarthy said after she had sworn to tell
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. His voice had a
smarmy quality to it; an unpleasant man's attempt at charm. "I suppose you