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Tom Smith was standing beside him. He was twenty years younger than Chalmers, he was an amateur boxer, and he had good reflexes. He caught Chalmers' arm as it was traveling back for an uppercut, and held it. TOM SMITH WAS STANDING BESIDE HIM HE WAS TWENTY YEARS YOUNGER THAN CHALMERS HE WAS AN AMATEUR BOXER AND HE HAD GOOD REFLEXES HE CAUGHT CHALMERS ARM AS IT WAS TRAVELLING BACK FOR AN UPPERCUT AND HELD IT
 guess." Leonard Fitch met him as he entered the Faculty Club, sizzling with excitement. "Ed, this has done it!" he began, jubilantly. "This is one nobody can laugh off. It's direct proof of precognition, and because of the prominence of the event, everybody will hear about it. And it simply can't be dismissed as coincidence...." "Whitburn's trying to do that." "Whitburn's a fool if he is," another man said calmly. Turning, he saw that the speaker was Tom Smith, one of the math professors. "I figured the odds against that being chance. There are a lot of variables that might affect it one way or another, but ten to the fifteenth power is what I get for a sort of median figure." "Did you give that story to the _Valley Times?_" he asked Fitch, suspicion rising and dragging anger up after it. "Of course, I did," Fitch said. "I'll admit, I had to go behind your back and have some of my postgrads get statements from the boys in your history class, but you wouldn't talk about it yourself.... IN THE OPEN WHAT THAT FOOL WHITBURN'LL DO IS ANYBODY'S GUESS LEONARD FITCH MET HIM AS HE ENTERED THE FACULTY CLUB SIZZLING WITH EXCITEMENT ED THIS HAS DONE IT HE BEGAN JUBILANTLY THIS IS ONE NOBODY CAN LAUGH OFF IT'S DIRECT PROOF OF PRECOGNITION AND BECAUSE OF THE PROMINENCE OF THE EVENT EVERYBODY WILL HEAR ABOUT IT AND IT SIMPLY CAN'T BE DISMISSED AS COINCIDENCE WHITBURN'S TRYING TO DO THAT WHITBURN'S A FOOL IF HE IS ANOTHER MAN SAID CALMLY TURNING HE SAW THAT THE SPEAKER WAS TOM SMITH ONE OF THE MATH PROFESSORS I FIGURED THE ODDS AGAINST THAT BEING CHANCE THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT MIGHT AFFECT IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BUT TEN TO THE FIFTEENTH POWER IS WHAT I GET FOR A SORT OF MEDIAN FIGURE DID YOU GIVE THAT STORY TO THE VALLEY TIMES HE ASKED FITCH SUSPICION RISING AND DRAGGING ANGER UP AFTER IT OF COURSE I DID FITCH SAID I'LL ADMIT I HAD TO GO BEHIND YOUR BACK AND HAVE SOME OF MY POSTGRADS GET STATEMENTS FROM THE BOYS IN YOUR HISTORY CLASS BUT YOU WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT YOURSELF
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