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There would be more trouble in northern Iran, the Indian Communists would invade Eastern Pakistan, and then the general war, so long dreaded, would come. THERE WOULD BE MORE TROUBLE IN NORTHERN MARAN THE INDIAN COMMUNISTS WOULD INVADE EASTERN PACISTAN AND THEN THE GENERAL WAR SO LONG DREADED WOULD COME
 general terms. Pottgeiter nodded understandingly: assassination was a familiar feature of the medieval political landscape, too. Chalmers went on to elaborate. It was a relief to talk to somebody like Pottgeiter, who wasn't bothered by the present moment, but simply boycotted it. Eventually, the period-bell rang. Pottgeiter looked at his watch, as from conditioned reflex, and then rose, saying that he had a class and excusing himself. He would have carried his cigar with him if Chalmers hadn't taken it away from him. After Pottgeiter had gone Chalmers opened a book--he didn't notice what it was--and sat staring unseeing at the pages. So the moving knife-edge had come down on the end of Khalid ib'n Hussein's life; what were the events in the next segment of time, and the segments to follow? There would be bloody fighting all over the Middle East--with consternation, he remembered that he had been talking about that to Pottgeiter. The Turkish army would move in and try to restore order. MAN LIKE THAT HE EXPLAINED IN GENERAL TERMS POTGEITER NODDED UNDERSTANDINGLY ASSASSINATION WAS A FAMILIAR FEATURE OF THE MEDIAEVAL POLITICAL LANDSCAPE TOO CHALMERS WENT ON TO ELABORATE IT WAS A RELIEF TO TALK TO SOMEBODY LIKE POTGEYTER WHO WASN'T BOTHERED BY THE PRESENT MOMENT BUT SIMPLY BOY COTTED IT EVENTUALLY THE PERIOD BELL RANG POTTGEITER LOOKED AT HIS WATCH AS FROM CONDITIONED REFLECTS AND THEN ROSE SAYING THAT HE HAD A CLASS AND EXCUSING HIMSELF HE WOULD HAVE CARRIED A CIGAR WITH HIM IF CHALMERS HADN'T TAKEN IT AWAY FROM HIM AFTER POTTGEITER HAD GONE CHALMERS OPENED A BOOK HE DIDN'T NOTICE WHAT IT WAS AND SAT STARING UNSEEING AT THE PAGES SO THE MOVING KNIFE EDGE HAD COME DOWN ON THE END OF KALID IBN HOUSSAIN'S LIFE WHAT WERE THE EVENTS IN THE NEXT SECOND OF TIME AND THE SECONDS TO FOLLOW THERE WOULD BE BLOODY FIGHTING ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST WITH CONSTERNATION HE REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT TO POTGEITER THE TURKISH ARMY WOULD MOVE IN AND TRY TO RESTORE ORDER
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