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After a while, an alteration in the noises from the television penetrated his consciousness; a news program had come on, and he raised his head. The screen showed a square in an Eastern city; the voice was saying AFTER A WHILE AN ALTERATION IN THE NOISES FROM THE TELEVENT PENETRATED HIS CONSCIOUSNESS A NEWS PROGRAM HAD COME ON AND HE RAISED HIS HEAD THE SCREEN SHOWED A SQUARE IN AN EASTERN CITY THE VOICE WAS SAYING
er, he had said, and had actually believed, that the news of the murder in Basra would put an end to the trouble that had started a month ago in the Modern History class. It hadn't: the trouble, it seemed, was only beginning. And with the newspapers, and Whitburn, and Fitch, it could go on forever.... It was fully dark, now; his shadow fell ahead of him on the sidewalk, lengthening as he passed under and beyond a street-light, vanishing as he entered the stronger light of the one ahead. The windows of a cheap cafe reminded him that he was hungry, and he entered, going to a table and ordering something absently. There was a television screen over the combination bar and lunch-counter. Some kind of a comedy programme, at which an invisible studio-audience was laughing immoderately and without apparent cause. The roughly dressed customers along the counter didn't seem to see any more humor in it than he did. Then his food arrived on the table and he began to eat without really tasting it. EN HE HAD SEEN THE PAPER HE HAD SAID AND HAD ACTUALLY BELIEVED THAT THE NEWS OF THE MURDER IN BOSRA WOULD PUT AN END TO THE TROUBLE THAT HAD STARTED A MONTH AGO IN THE MODERN HISTORY CLASS IT HADN'T THAT TROUBLE IT SEEMED WAS ONLY BEGINNING AND WITH THE NEWSPAPERS AND WHITBURN AND FITCH IT COULD GO ON FOR EVER IT WAS FULLY DARK NOW HIS SHADOW FELL AHEAD OF HIM ON THE SIDEWALK LENGTHENING AS HE PASSED UNDER AND BEYOND A STREET LIGHT VANISHING AS HE ENTERED THE STRONGER LIGHT OF THE ONE AHEAD THE WINDOWS OF A CHEAP CAFE REMINDED HIM THAT HE WAS HUNGRY AND HE ENTERED GOING TO A TABLE AND ORDERING SOMETHING ABSENTLY THERE WAS A TELEVISION SCREEN OVER THE COMBINATION BAR AND LUNCH COUNTER SOME KIND OF A COMEDY PROGRAMME AT WHICH AN INVISIBLE STUDIO AUDIENCE WAS LAUGHING IMMODERATELY AND WITHOUT APPARENT CAUSE THE ROUGHLY DRESSED CUSTOMERS ALONG THE THE COUNTER DIDN'T SEEM TO SEE ANY MORE HUMOR IN IT THAN HE DID THEN HIS FOOD ARRIVED ON THE TABLE AND HE BEGAN TO EAT WITHOUT REALLY TASTING IT
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