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Why, the town outside which the hospital stood had been a military headquarters during the period immediately after the bombings, and the center from which all the rescue work in the state had been directed. WHY THE TOWN OUTSIDE WHICH THE HOSPITAL STOOD HAD BEEN A MILITARY HEADQUARTERS DURING THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BOMBINGS AND THE CENTER FROM WHICH ALL THE RESCUE WORK IN THE STATE HAD BEEN DIRECTED
dded, trying to cover his break. "Oh, no; all that sort of thing is as irrevocably discarded as the whips and shackles of Bedlam. I meant another kind of knife-edge; the thin, almost invisible, line which separates sanity from non-sanity. From madness, to use a deplorable lay expression." Hauserman lit another cigarette. "Most minds are a lot closer to it than their owners suspect, too. In fact, Professor, I was so convinced that yours had passed over it that I brought with me a commitment form, made out all but my signature, for you." He took it from his pocket and laid it on the desk. "The modern equivalent of the _lettre-de-cachet_, I suppose the author of a book on the French Revolution would call it. I was all ready to certify you as mentally unsound, and commit you to Northern State Mental Hospital." Chalmers sat erect in his chair. He knew where that was; on the other side of the mountains, in the one part of the state completely untouched by the H-bombs of the Thirty Days' War. SORTED SURGERY IN MENTAL CASES HE ADDED TRYING TO COVER HIS BRAVE OH NO ALL THAT SORT OF THING IS AS IRREVOCABLY DISCARDED AS THE WHIPS AND SHACKLES OF BEDLAM I MEANT ANOTHER KIND OF KNIFE EDGE THE THIN ALMOST INVISIBLE LINE WHICH SEPARATES SANITY FROM NONSENITY FROM MADNESS TO USE A DEPLORABLE LAY EXPRESSION HOWSERMAN LIT ANOTHER CIGARETTE MOST MINES ARE A LOT CLOSER TO IT THAN THEIR OWNERS SUSPECT TOO IN FACT PROFESSOR I WAS SO CONVINCED THAT YOURS HAD PASSED OVER IT THAT I BROUGHT WITH ME A COMMITMENT FORM MADE OUT ALL BUT MY SIGNATURE FOR YOU HE TOOK IT FROM HIS POCKET AND LAID IT ON THE DESK THE MODERN EQUIVALENT OF THE LETTRES DE CACHET I SUPPOSE THE AUTHOR OF A BOOK ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION WOULD CALL IT I WAS ALL READY TO CERTIFY YOU AS MENTALLY UNSOUND AND COMMIT YOU TO THE NORTHERN STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL CHALMERS SAT ERECT IN HIS CHAIR HE KNEW WHERE THAT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE ONE PART OF THE STATE COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED BY THE H BONES OF A THIRTY DAYS WAR
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