the men decided that this would result in minimal hysteria and , with a little luck , the disaster would remain contained.no one knew how far the knowledge of donovans vitamins may have traveled.as far as jeff and sam knew , the word had only spread quietly among some of the volunteers , but they could not promise the doctor that communication had stopped there.donovan knew that his means of doing business came with some risk , and regardless of whose idea it had been to deceive the volunteers he had ultimately agreed.his office had been cleaned out and , to the best of his knowledge , there were no remaining pieces of evidence.business would continue as usual .