THE SUBTLE KNIFE 精彩片段：
CHAPTER TWELVE SCREEN LANGUAGE-2
"Youre hinting. What are you getting at?"
"Well..." He walked around the laboratory, spreading his hands, shrugging, shaking his head. "Well, if you dont get in touch with him, I will," he said finally.
She was silent. Then she said, "Oh, I see."
"Mary, Ive got to think of—"
"Of course you have."
"Its not that—"
"No, no."
"You dont understand—"
"Yes, I do. Its very simple. You promise to do as he says, you get the funding, I leave, you take over as Director. Its not hard to understand. Youd have a bigger budget. Lots of nice new machines. Half a dozen more Ph.D.s under you. Good idea. You do it, Oliver. You go ahead. But thats it for me. Im off. It stinks."
"You havent..."
But her expression silenced him. She took off her white coat and hung it on the door, gathered a few papers into a bag, and left without a word. As soon as shed gone, he took Sir Charless card and picked up the phone.
Several hours later, just before midnight in fact, Dr. Malone parked her car outside the science building and let herself in at the side entrance. But just as she turned to climb the stairs, a man came out of another corridor, startling her so much she nearly dropped her briefcase. He was
wearing a uniform.
"Where are you going?" he said.