Peggy's shrug was the very picture of non-committal. Torn between building up an enemy in her mind and wanting to believe no one could so wilfully selfish as all this.

"Difficult to say. I've known a fair few brilliantly clever scientists in my time, sir. I can imagine the kind of situation where something akin to this was someone else's accident. Unintended. But I'm not certain whether that makes it any better."