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"Why, he has one of the best minds on the campus. I was talking to him only yesterday, in the back room at the Library. You know," he went on apologetically, "my subject is Medieval History; I don't pay much attention to what's going on in the contemporary world, and I didn't understand, really, what all this excitement was about. WHY HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST MINDS ON THE CANVAS I WAS TALKING TO HIM ONLY YESTERDAY IN THE BACK ROOM AT THE LIBRARY YOU KNOW HE WENT ON APOLOGETICALLY MY SUBJECT IS MEDIAEVAL HISTORY I DON'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND REALLY WHAT ALL THIS EXCITEMENT WAS ABOUT
Chalmers thought. He was wondering what Operation Triple Cross was; he had some notes on it, but he had forgotten what they were. "Maybe he did pick that up from somebody who'd talked indiscreetly," Whitburn conceded. "But the rest of this tommyrot! Why, he was talking about how the city of Reno had been destroyed by an explosion and fire, literally wiped off the map. There's an example for you!" He'd forgotten about that, too. It had been a relatively minor incident in the secret struggle of the Subwar; now he remembered having made a note about it. He was sure that it followed closely after the assassination of Khalid ib'n Hussein. He turned quickly to Weill. "Didn't you say you had to go to Reno in a day or so?" he asked. Weill hushed him urgently, pointing with his free hand to the recorder. The exchange prevented him from noticing that Max Pottgeiter had risen, until the old man was speaking. "Are you trying to tell these people that Professor Chalmers is crazy?" he was demanding. R IT WON'T EXIST ONLY ON PAPER VERY LONG CHALMERS THOUGHT HE WAS WONDERING WHAT OPERATION TRIPLE CROSS WAS HE HAD SOME NOTES ON IT BUT HE HAD FORGOTTEN WHAT THEY WERE MAYBE HE DID BACK THAT UP FROM SOMEBODY TALKED IN DISCREETLY WHITBURN CONCEDED BUT THE REST OF THIS TOMMY ROD WHY HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE CITY OF RENO HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE LITERALLY WIPED OFF THE MAP THERE'S AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU HE HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT TOO IT HAD BEEN A RELATIVELY MINOR INCIDENT IN THE SECRET STRUGGLE OF THE SUBWARB NOW HE REMEMBERED HAVING MADE A NOTE ABOUT IT HE WAS SURE THAT IT FOLLOWED CLOSELY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF HALID IBNOSAIN HE TURNED QUICKLY TO VILE DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU HAD TO GO TO RENO IN A DAY OR SO HE ASKED VIIL HUSHED HIM URGENTLY POINTING WITH HIS FREE HAND TO THE REPORTER THE EXCHANGE PREVENTED HIM FROM NOTICING THAT MAX POTTGEITER HAD RISEN UNTIL THE OLD MAN WAS SPEAKING ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL THESE PEOPLE THAT PROFESSOR CHALMERS IS CRAZY HE WAS DEMANDING
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