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"
The
year
before
last
the
Commonwealth
Scientific
and
Industrial
Research
Organization
started
an
experimental
program
in
Victoria
,
infecting
rabbits
with
this
virus
thing
they
'd
bred
.
I
'm
not
sure
what
a
virus
is
,
except
I
think
it
's
a
sort
of
germ
.
Anyway
,
they
called
theirs
the
myxomatosis
virus
.
At
first
it
did
n't
seem
to
spread
too
well
,
though
what
bunnies
caught
it
all
died
.
But
about
a
year
after
the
experimental
infection
it
began
to
spread
like
wildfire
,
they
think
mosquito-borne
,
but
something
to
do
with
saffron
thistle
as
well
.
And
the
bunnies
have
died
in
millions
and
millions
ever
since
,
it
's
just
wiped
them
out
.
You
'll
sometimes
see
a
few
sickies
around
with
huge
lumps
all
over
their
faces
,
very
ugly-looking
things
.
But
it
's
a
marvelous
piece
of
work
,
Ralph
,
it
really
is
.
Nothing
else
can
catch
myxomatosis
,
even
close
relatives
.
So
thanks
to
the
blokes
at
the
CSIRO
,
the
rabbit
plague
is
no
more
.
"
Cardinal
Ralph
stared
at
Frank
.
"
Do
you
realize
what
it
is
,
Frank
?
Do
you
?
"
Poor
Frank
shook
his
head
,
wishing
everyone
would
let
him
retreat
into
anonymity
.
"
Mass-scale
biological
warfare
.
I
wonder
does
the
rest
of
the
world
know
that
right
here
in
Australia
between
1949
and
1952
a
virus
war
was
waged
against
a
population
of
trillions
upon
trillions
,
and
succeeded
in
obliterating
it
?
Well
!
It
's
feasible
,
is
n't
it
?
Not
simply
yellow
journalism
at
all
,
but
scientific
fact
.
They
may
as
well
bury
their
atom
bombs
and
hydrogen
bombs
.
I
know
it
had
to
be
done
,
it
was
absolutely
necessary
,
and
it
's
probably
the
world
's
most
unsung
major
scientific
achievement
.
But
it
's
terrifying
,
too
.
"
Dane
had
been
following
the
conversation
closely
.
"
Biological
warfare
?
I
've
never
heard
of
it
.
What
is
it
exactly
,
Ralph
?
"
"
The
words
are
new
,
Dane
,
but
I
'm
a
papal
diplomat
and
the
pity
of
it
is
that
I
must
keep
abreast
of
words
like
'
biological
warfare
.
'
In
a
nutshell
,
the
term
means
myxomatosis
.
Breeding
a
germ
capable
of
specifically
killing
and
maiming
only
one
kind
of
living
being
.
"
Quite
unself-consciously
Dane
made
the
Sign
of
the
Cross
,
and
leaned
back
against
Ralph
de
Bricassart
's
knees
.
"
We
had
better
pray
,
had
n't
we
?
"
The
Cardinal
looked
down
on
his
fair
head
,
smiling
.
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