“Dr. Quatt is a brilliant woman,” said the nurse as they took a clanking lift to the third floor. “The popular view is that she’s as mad as a barrel of skunks, and many people see her as a perverter of all the decent virtues that bind society together, but they said the same about Galileo.” “I must say I don’t remember the bit where Galileo grafted sheep’s hooves onto amputees,” mused Mary. “Or subjected toads to Iron Maiden’s ‘Number of the Beast’ so loud they exploded,” added Jack.
