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two guards killed and a third seriously wounded ... seized by infuriated mob and stoned to death on the spot.... For a moment, he felt guilt, until he realized that nothing he could have done could have altered the event. TWO GUARDS KILLED AND A THIRD SERIOUSLY WOUNDED SEIZED BY INFURIATED MOB AND STONE TO DEATH ON THE SPOT FOR A MOMENT HE FELT GILT UNTIL HE REALIZED THAT NOTHING HE COULD HAVE DONE COULD HAVE ALTERED THE EVENT
sleep he had gotten the night before, edgy from the strain, of trying to adjust his mind to the world of Blanley College in mid-April of 1973. Pottgeiter hadn't arrived yet, but Marjorie Fenner was waiting for him; a newspaper in her hand, almost bursting with excitement. "Here; have you seen it, Doctor Chalmers?" she asked as he entered. He shook his head. He ought to read the papers more, to keep track of the advancing knife-edge that divided what he might talk about from what he wasn't supposed to know, but each morning he seemed to have less and less time to get ready for work. "Well, look! Look at that!" She thrust the paper into his hands, still folded, the big, black headline where he could see it. KHALID IB'N HUSSEIN ASSASSINATED He glanced over the leading paragraphs. Leader of Islamic Caliphate shot to death in Basra ... leaving Parliament Building for his palace outside the city ... fanatic, identified as an Egyptian named Mohammed Noureed ... old American submachine-gun ... REFRESHED BY THE FEW HOURS SLEEP HE HAD GOTTEN THE NIGHT BEFORE EDGY FROM THE STRAIN OF TRYING TO ADJUST HIS MIND TO THE WORLD OF BLANLEY COLLEGE IN MID APRIL OF NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE POTTGEITER HADN'T ARRIVED YET BUT MARJORIE FENNER WAS WAITING FOR HIM A NEWSPAPER IN HER HAND ALMOST BURSTING WITH EXCITEMENT HERE HAVE YOU SEEN IT DOCTOR CHALMERS SHE ASKED AS HE ENTERED HE SHOOK HIS HEAD HE OUGHT TO READ THE PAPERS MORE TO KEEP TRACK OF THE ADVANCING KNIFE EDGE THAT DIVIDED WHAT HE MIGHT TALK ABOUT FROM WHAT HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO KNOW BUT EACH MORNING HE SEEMED TO HAVE LESS AND LESS TIME TO GET READY FOR WORK WELL LOOK LOOK AT THAT SHE THRUST THE PAPER INTO HIS HANDS STILL FOLDED THE BIG BLACK HEADLINE WHERE HE COULD SEE IT HALID IBN HOUSSAIN ASSASSINATED HE GLANCED OVER THE LEADING PARAGRAPHS LEADER OF ISLAMIC CALIPHATE SHOT TO DEATH IN BASRA LEAVING PARLIAMENT BUILDING FOR HIS PALACE OUTSIDE THE CITY FANATIC IDENTIFIED AS AN EGYPTIAN NAMED MOHAMMED NOUREED OLD AMERICAN SUBMACHINE GUN
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