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Daneel looked steadily at the Earthman, "I can do that, too,
Partner Elijah."
Baley looked at his robot partner with a stunned expression.
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"How?"
"Your reasoning, you will remember, Partner Elijah, was this.
Were Mrs. Delmarre the murderess, then the weapon, whatever it
was, must have remained at the scene of the murder. The robots,
appearing almost at once, saw no sign of such a weapon, hence it must
have been removed from the scene, hence the murderer must have
removed it, hence the murderer could not be Mrs. Delmarre. Is all
that correct?"
"Correct."
"Yet," continued the robot, "there is one place where the robots
did not look for the weapon."
"Where?"
"Under Mrs. Delmarre. She was lying in a faint, brought on by
the excitement and passion of the moment, whether murderess or
not, and the weapon, whatever it was, lay under her and out of sight."
Baley said, "Then the weapon would have been discovered as
soon as she was moved."
"Exactly," said Daneel, "but she was not moved by the robots.
She herself told us yesterday at dinner that Dr. Thool ordered the
robots to put a pillow under her head and leave her. She was first
moved by Dr. Altim Thool, himself, when he arrived to examine her."
"So?"
"It follows, therefore, Partner Elijah, that a new possibility
arises. Mrs. Delmarre was the murderess, the weapon was at the
scene of the crime, but Dr. Thool carried it off and disposed of it to
protect Mrs. Delmarre."
Baley felt contemptuous. He had almost been seduced into
expecting something reasonable. He said, "Completely motiveless.
Why should Dr. Thool do such a thing?"
"For a very good reason. You remember Mrs. Delmarre's
remarks concerning him: 'He always treated me since I was a child
and was always so friendly and kind.' I wondered if he might have
some motive for being particularly concerned about her. It was for
that reason that I visited the baby farm and inspected the records.
What I had merely guessed at as a possibility turned out to be the
truth."
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"What?"
"Dr. Altim Thool was the father of Gladia Delmarre, and what is
more, he knew of the relationship."
Baley had no thought of disbelieving the robot. He felt only a
deep chagrin that it had been Robot Daneel Olivaw and not himself
that had carried through the necessary piece of logical analysis. Even
so, it was not complete.
He said, "Have you spoken to Dr. Thool?"
"Yes. I have placed him under house arrest, also."
"What does he say?"
"He admits that he is the father of Mrs. Delmarre. I confronted
him with the records of the fact and the records of his inquiries into
her health when she was a youngster. As a doctor, he was allowed
more leeway in this respect than another Solarian might have been
allowed."
"Why should he have inquired into her health?"
"I have considered that, too, Partner Elijah. He was an old man
when he was given special permission to have an additional child and,
what is more, he succeeded in producing one. He considers this a
tribute to his genes and to his physical fitness. He is prouder of the
result, perhaps, than is quite customary on this world. Moreover, his
position as physician, a profession little regarded on Solaria because
it involves personal presences, made it the more important to him to
nurture this sense of pride. For that reason, he maintained
unobtrusive contact with his offspring."
"Does Gladia know anything of it?"
"As far as Dr. Thool is aware, Partner Elijah, she does not."
Baley said, "Does Thool admit removing the weapon?"
"No. That he does not."
"Then you've got nothing, Daneel."
"Nothing?"
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"Unless you can find, the weapon and prove he took it, or at the
very least induce him to confess, you have no evidence. A chain of
deduction is pretty, but it isn't evidence."
"The man would scarcely confess without considerable
questioning of a type I myself could not carry through. His daughter is
dear to him."
"Not at all," said Baley. "His feeling for his daughter is not at all
what you and I are accustomed to. Solaria is different!"
He strode the length of the room and back, letting himself cool.
He said, "Daneel, you have worked out a perfect exercise in logic, but
none of it is reasonable, just the same." (Logical but not reasonable.
Wasn't that the definition of a robot?)
He went on, "Dr. Thool is an old man and past his best years,
regardless of whether he was capable of siring a daughter thirty years
or so ago. Even Spacers get senile. Picture him then examining his
daughter in a faint and his son-in-law dead by violence. Can you
imagine the unusual nature of the situation for him? Can you suppose [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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