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He went on talking safe generalities as he glanced covertly at his watch. Only five minutes to the end of the period; thank heaven he hadn't made that slip at the beginning of the class. HE WENT ON TALKING SAFE GENERALITIES AS HE GLANCED COVERTLY AT HIS WATCH ONLY FIVE MINUTES TO THE END OF THE PERIOD THANK HEAVEN HE HADN'T MADE THAT SLIP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASS
averting faces red with poorly suppressed laughter. For a moment he was puzzled, and then realization hit him like a blow in the stomach-pit. He'd forgotten, again. "I didn't see anything in the papers about it," one boy was saying. "The newscast, last evening, said Khalid was in Ankara, talking to the President of Turkey," another offered. "Professor Chalmers, would you tell us just what effect Khalid's death had upon the Islamic Caliphate and the Middle Eastern situation in general?" a third voice asked with exaggerated solemnity. That was Kendrick, the class humorist; the question was pure baiting. "Well, Mr. Kendrick, I'm afraid it's a little too early to assess the full results of a thing like that, if they can ever be fully assessed. For instance, who, in 1911, could have predicted all the consequences of the pistol-shot at Sarajevo? Who, even today, can guess what the history of the world would have been had Zangarra not missed Franklin Roosevelt in 1932? There's always that if. RE HASTILY AVERTING FACES RED WITH POORLY SUPPRESSED LAUGHTER FOR A MOMENT HE WAS PUZZLED AND THEN REALIZATION HIT HIM LIKE A BLOW IN THE STOMACH PIT HE'D FORGOTTEN AGAIN I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE PAPERS ABOUT IT ONE BOY WAS ASKING THE NEWSCAST LAST EVENING SAID HALIDE WAS INCARA TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT OF TURKEY ANOTHER OFFERED PROFESSOR CHALMERS WOULD YOU TELL US JUST WHAT EFFECT OF KALEID'S DEATH I HAD UPON THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE AND THE MIDDLE EASTERN SITUATION IN GENERAL A THIRD VOICE ASKED WITH EXAGGERATED SOLEMNITY THAT WAS KENDRICK THE CLASS HUMORS THE QUESTION WAS PURE BABY WELL MISTER KENDRICK I'M AFRAID IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO ASSESS THE FULL RESULTS OF A THING LIKE THAT IF THEY CAN EVER BE FULLY ASSESSED FOR INSTANCE WHO IN NINETEEN ELEVEN COULD HAVE PREDICTED ALL THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PISTOL SHOT AT SARRIEVO WHO EVEN TO DAY CAN GUESS WHAT THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD ZANGARA NOT MISSED FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IN NINETEEN THIRTY TWO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT IF
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