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"I knew nothing of the kind!" Whitburn blustered, showing, under the bluster, fear. "Yes, I demanded this man's resignation on the morning of October Seventeenth, the day after this incident occurred. I KNEW NOTHING OF THE KIND WHITBURN BLUSTERED SHOWING UNDER THE BLUSTER FEAR YES I DEMANDED THIS MAN'S RESIGNATION ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH THE DAY AFTER THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED
 reason or another, but none of them were friends. Weill was his lawyer, obeying an obligation to a client which, at bottom, was an obligation to his own conscience. Handley was afraid of the possibility that a precedent might be established which would impair his own tenure-contract. Fitch, and the two men from the Institute of Psionics and Parapsychology were interested in him as a source of study-material. Dacre resented a slur upon his son; he and the others were interested in Blanley College as an institution, almost an abstraction. And the major in mufti was probably worrying about the consequences to military security of having a prophet at large. Then a hand gripped his shoulder, and a voice whispered in his ear: "That's good, Ed; don't let them scare you!" Old Max Pottgeiter, at least, was a friend. "Doctor Whitburn, I'm asking you, and I expect an answer, why did you make such statements to the press, when you knew perfectly well that they were false?" Dacre demanded sharply.  HIS SIDE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER BUT NONE OF THEM WERE FRIENDS WEIL WAS HIS LAWYER OBEYING AN OBLIGATION TO A CLIENT WHICH AT THE BOTTOM WAS AN OBLIGATION TO HIS OWN CONSCIENCE HAMLEY WAS AFRAID OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT A PRECEDENT MIGHT BE ESTABLISHED WHICH WOULD REPAIR HIS OWN TENURE CONTRACT FITCH AND THE TWO MEN FROM THE INSTITUTE OF CYONICS AND PARA PSYCHOLOGY WERE INTERESTED IN HIM AS A SOURCE OF STUDY MATERIAL DACKER RESENTED HIS LURE UPON HIS SON HE AND THE OTHERS WERE INTERESTED IN BLANDLY COLLEGE AS AN INSTITUTION ALMOST AN ABSTRACTION AND THE MAJOR IN THE MUFF TIE WAS PROBABLY WORRYING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES TO MILITARY SECURITY OF HAVING A PROPHET AT LARGE THEN A HAND GRIPPED HIS SHOULDER AND A VOICE WHISPERED IN HIS EAR THAT'S A GOOD AD DON'T LET THEM SCARE YOU OLD MAX POTTGEITER AT LEAST WAS A FRIEND DOCTOR WHITBURN I'M ASKING YOU AND I EXPECT AN ANSWER WHY DID YOU MAKE SUCH STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS WHEN YOU KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT THEY WERE FALSE DAKER DEMANDED SHARPLY
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