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He told Weill about it, and about his session with the president of the college that morning. The lawyer nodded. HE TOLD VILE ABOUT IT AND ABOUT HIS SESSION WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE THAT MORNING THE LAWYER NODDED
oment is part of the past. The knife-edge has gone over it. Most people think they know only the present; what they know is the past, which they have already experienced, or read about. The difference with me is that I can see what's on both sides of the knife-edge." Weill put another cigarette in his mouth and bent his head to the flame of his lighter. For a moment, he sat motionless, his thin face rigid. "What do you want me to do?" he asked. "I'm a lawyer, not a psychiatrist." "I want a lawyer. This is a legal matter. Whitburn's talking about voiding my tenure contract. You helped draw it; I have a right to expect you to help defend it." "Ed, have you been talking about this to anybody else?" Weill asked. "You're the first person I've mentioned it to. It's not the sort of thing you'd bring up casually, in a conversation." "Then how'd Whitburn get hold of it?" "He didn't, not the way I've given it to you. But I made a couple of slips, now and then. I made a bad one yesterday morning. NS AND UTTER THE WORD THE ORIGINAL PRESENT MOMENT IS PART OF THE PAST THE KNIFE EDGE HAS GONE OVER IT MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY KNOW ONLY THE PRESENT WHAT THEY KNOW IS THE PAST WHICH THEY HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED OR READ ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE WITH ME IS THAT I CAN SEE WHAT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF THE KNIFE EDGE VILE PUT ANOTHER CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH AND BENT HIS HEAD TO THE FLAME OF HIS LAYER FOR A MOMENT HE SAT MOTIONLESS HIS THIN FACE RIDDED WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO HE ASKED I'M A LAWYER NOT A PSYCHIATRIST I WANT A LAWYER THIS IS A LEGAL MATTER WHITBURN'S TALKING ABOUT VOIDING MY TENURE CONTRACT YOU HELPED TO DRAW IT I HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT YOU TO HELP DEFEND IT ED HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS TO ANYBODY ELSE VIIL ASKED YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON I'VE MENTIONED IT TO IT'S NOT THE SORT OF THING YOU'D BRING UP CASUALLY IN A CONVERSATION THEN HOW DID WHITBURN GET HOLD OF IT HE DIDN'T NOT THE WAY I'VE GIVEN IT TO YOU BUT I MADE A COUPLE OF SLIPS NOW AND THEN I MADE A BAD ONE YESTERDAY MORNING
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