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This was all new and important; it had welled up suddenly and without warning into his conscious mind, and he must get it down in notes before the "memory"  even mentally, he always put that word into quotes  was lost. He was still scribbling furiously when the instructor who would use the room for the next period entered, followed by a few of his students. Chalmers finished, crammed the notes into his pocket, and went out into the hall. THIS WAS ALL NEW AND IMPORTANT IT HAD WELLED UP SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING INTO HIS CONSCIOUS MIND AND HE MUST GET IT DOWN IN NOTES BEFORE THE MEMORY EVEN MENTALLY HE ALWAYS PUT THAT WORD INTO QUOTES WAS LOST HE WAS STILL SCRIBBLING FURIOUSLY WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR WHO HAD USED THE ROOM FOR THE NEXT PERIOD ENTERED FOLLOWED BY A FEW OF HIS STUDENTS CHALMERS FINISHED CRAMMED THE NOTES INTO HIS POCKET AND WENT OUT INTO THE HALL
end of the period; thank heaven he hadn't made that slip at the beginning of the class. "For instance, tomorrow, when we take up the events in India from the First World War to the end of British rule, we will be largely concerned with another victim of the assassin's bullet, Mohandas K. Gandhi. You may ask yourselves, then, by how much that bullet altered the history of the Indian sub-continent. A word of warning, however: The events we will be discussing will be either contemporary with or prior to what was discussed today. I hope that you're all keeping your notes properly dated. It's always easy to become confused in matters of chronology." He wished, too late, that he hadn't said that. It pointed up the very thing he was trying to play down, and raised a general laugh. As soon as the room was empty, he hastened to his desk, snatched pencil and notepad. This had been a bad one, the worst yet; he hadn't heard the end of it by any means. He couldn't waste thought on that now, though. ONLY FIVE MINUTES TO THE END OF THE PERIOD THANK HEAVEN HE HADN'T MADE THAT SLIP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASS FOR INSTANCE TO MORROW WHEN WE TAKE UP THE EVENTS IN INDIA FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO THE END OF THE BRITISH RULE WE WILL BE LARGELY CONCERNED WITH ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE ASSASSIN'S BULLET MORHINDAS K GANDI YOU MAY ASK YOURSELVES THEN BY HOW MUCH THAT BULLET ALTERED THE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT A WORD OF WARNING HOWEVER THE EVENTS WE WILL BE DISCUSSING WILL BE EITHER CONTEMPORARY WITH OR PRIOR TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED TO DAY I HOPE THAT YOU'RE ALL KEEPING YOUR NOTES PROPERLY DATED IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO BECOME CONFUSED IN MATTERS OF CHRONOLOGY HE WISHED TOO LATE THAT HE HADN'T SAID THAT IT POINTED UP THE VERY THING HE WAS TRYING TO PLAY DOWN AND RAISED A GENERAL LAUGH AS SOON AS THE ROOM WAS EMPTY HE HASTENED TO HIS DESK SNATCHED PENCIL AND NOTE PAD THIS HAD BEEN A BAD ONE THE WORST YET HE HADN'T HEARD THE END OF IT BY ANY MEANS HE COULDN'T WASTE THOUGHT ON THAT NOW THOUGH
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