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One of the younger men, with a thin face and a mop of unruly hair, advanced to meet him as he came in, as cordial as Handley was remote. ONE OF THE YOUNGER MEN WITH A THIN FACE AND A MOP OF UNRULY HAIR ADVANCED TO MEET HIM AS HE CAME IN HIS CORDIAL AS HANDLEY WAS REMOTE
assassination was an exception. Nineteen seventy-three--why, that was this year. He looked at the calendar. October 16, 1973. At very most, the Arab statesman had two and a half months to live. Would there be any possible way in which he could give a credible warning? He doubted it. Even if there were, he questioned whether he should--for that matter, whether he _could_--interfere.... * * * * * He always lunched at the Faculty Club; today was no time to call attention to himself by breaking an established routine. As he entered, trying to avoid either a furtive slink or a chip-on-shoulder swagger, the crowd in the lobby stopped talking abruptly, then began again on an obviously changed subject. The word had gotten around, apparently. Handley, the head of the Latin Department, greeted him with a distantly polite nod. Pompous old owl; regarded himself, for some reason, as a sort of unofficial Dean of the Faculty. Probably didn't want to be seen fraternizing with controversial characters. OF THE YEAR OF KALID'S ASSASSINATION WAS AN EXCEPTION NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE WHY THAT WAS THIS YEAR HE LOOKED AT THE CALENDAR OCTOBER SIXTEENTH NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE AT THE VERY MOST THE ARAB STATESMAN HAD TWO AND A HALF MONTHS TO LIVE WOULD THERE BE ANY POSSIBLE WAY IN WHICH HE COULD GIVE A CREDIBLE WARNING HE DOUBTED EVEN IF THERE WERE HE QUESTIONED WHETHER HE SHOULD FOR THAT MATTER WHETHER HE COULD INTERFERE HE ALWAYS LUNCHED AT THE FACULTY CLUB TO DAY WAS NO TIME TO CALL ATTENTION TO HIMSELF BY BREAKING AN ESTABLISHED ROUTINE AS HE ENTERED TRYING TO AVOID EITHER A FURTIVE SLINK OR A CHIP ON A SHOULDER SWAGGER THE CROWD IN THE LOBBY STOPPED TALKING ABRUPTLY THEN BEGAN AGAIN ON AN OBVIOUSLY CHANGED SUBJECT THE WORD HAD GOTTEN AROUND APPARENTLY HANDLEY THE HEAD OF THE LATIN DEPARTMENT GREETED HIM WITH A DISTANTLY POLITE NOD POMPASODAO REGARDED HIMSELF FOR SOME REASON AS A SORT OF UNOFFICIAL DEAN OF THE FACULTY PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE SEEN FRATERNIZING WITH CONTROVERSIAL CHARACTERS
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