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There was a picture of himself, in hat and overcoat, perfectly motionless, as though a brief moving glimpse were being prolonged. THERE WAS A PICTURE OF HIMSELF IN HAT AND OVERCOAT PERFECTLY MOTIONLESS AS THOUGH A BRIEF MOVING GLIMPSE WERE BEING PROLONGED
. This is the scene of the crime; the body of the murderer has been removed, but you can still see the stones with which he was pelted to death by the mob...." A close-up of the square, still littered with torn-up paving-stones. A Caliphate army officer, displaying the weapon--it was an old M3, all right; Chalmers had used one of those things, himself, thirty years before, and he and his contemporaries had called it a "grease-gun." There were some recent pictures of Khalid, including one taken as he left the plane on his return from Ankara. He watched, absorbed; it was all exactly as he had "remembered" a month ago. It gratified him to see that his future "memories" were reliable in detail as well as generality. "But the most amazing part of the story comes, not from Basra, but from Blanley College, in California," the commentator was saying, "where, it is revealed, the murder of Khalid was foretold, with uncanny accuracy, a month ago, by a history professor, Doctor Edward Chalmers....  THIS MORNING EARLY AFTERNOON LOCAL TIME THIS IS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME THE BODY OF THE MURDERER HAS BEEN REMOVED BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THE STONES WITH WHICH HE WAS PELTED TO DEATH BY THE MOB A CLOSE UP OF THE SQUARE STILL LITTERED WITH TORN UP PAVING STONES A CALIPHATE ARMY OFFICER DISPLAYED THE WEAPON IT WAS AN ODE M THREE ALL RIGHT CHALMERS HAD USED ONE OF THOSE THINGS HIMSELF THIRTY YEARS BEFORE AND HE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES HAD CAUGHT IT A GREASE GUN THERE WERE SOME RECENT PICTURES OF HALIDE INCLUDING ONE TAKEN AS HE HAD LEFT THE PLAIN ON HIS RETURN FROM ANCARA HE WATCHED ABSORBED IT WAS ALL EXACTLY AS HE HAD REMEMBERED A MONTH AGO IT GRATIFIED HIM TO SEE THAT HIS FUTURE MEMORIES WERE RELIABLE IN DETAIL AS WELL AS GENERALITY BUT THE MOST AMAZING PART OF THE STORY COMES NOT FROM BOSRA BUT FROM BLANLEY COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA THE COMMENTATOR WAS SAYING WHERE IT IS REVEALED THE MURDER OF HULLED WAS FORETOLD WITH UNCANNY ACCURACY A MONTH AGO BY A HISTORY PROFESSOR DOCTOR EDWARD CHALMERS
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