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"What I meant," Whitburn began, with exaggerated slowness, as though speaking to an idiot, "was that yesterday, when those infernal reporters were badgering me, I really thought that some of Professor Chalmers' students had gotten together and given the _Valley Times_ an exaggerated story about his insane maunderings a month ago. WHAT I MEANT WHITBURN BEGAN WITH EXAGGERATED SLOWNESS AS THOUGH SPEAKING TO AN IDIOT WAS THAT YESTERDAY WHEN THOSE INFERNAL REPORTERS WERE BADGERING ME I REALLY THOUGHT THAT SOME OF PROFESSOR CHALMERS STUDENT HAD GOT TOGETHER AND GIVEN THE VALLEY TIMES AN EXAGGERATED STORY ABOUT HIS INSANE MAUNDERINGS A MONTH AGO
ted. "And this isn't the only instance of Doctor Chalmers' precognitive ability," Fitch continued. "There have been a number of other cases...." Chalmers jumped to his feet; Stanly Weill rose beside him, shoved the cased sound-recorder into his hands, and pushed him back into his seat. "Gentlemen," the lawyer began, quietly but firmly and clearly. "This is all getting pretty badly out of hand. After all, this isn't an investigation of the actuality of precognition as a psychic phenomenon. What I'd like to hear, and what I haven't heard yet, is Doctor Whitburn's explanation of his contradictory statements that he knew about my client's alleged remarks on the evening after they were supposed to have been made and that, at the same time, the whole thing was a hoax concocted by his students." "Are you implying that I'm a liar?" Whitburn bristled. "I'm pointing out that you made a pair of contradictory statements, and I'm asking how you could do that knowingly and honestly," Weill retorted.  A CIRCUS OUT OF THEMSELF WHITBURN INTERJECTED AND THIS ISN'T THE ONLY INSTANCE OF DOCTOR CHALMERS PRECOGNITIVE ABILITY FITCH CONTINUED THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF OTHER CASES CHALMERS JUMPED TO HIS FEET STANLEY VILE ROSE BESIDE HIM SHOVED THE CASE SOUND RECORDER INTO HIS HANDS AND PUSHED HIM BACK INTO THE SEAT GENTLEMEN THE LAWYER BEGAN QUIETLY BUT FIRMLY AND CLEARLY THIS IS ALL GETTING PRETTY BADLY OUT OF HAND AFTER ALL THIS ISN'T AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ACTUALITY OF PRECOGNITION AS A PSYCHIC PHENOMENON WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR IN WHAT I HAVEN'T HEARD YET IS DOCTOR WHITBURN'S EXPLANATION OF HIS CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS THAT HE KNEW ABOUT MY CLIENT'S ALLEGED REMARKS ON THE EVENING AFTER THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE AND THAT AT THE SAME TIME THE WHOLE THING WAS A HOAX CONCOCTED BY THE STUDENTS ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT I'M A LIAR WHITBURN BRISTLED I'M POINTING OUT THAT YOU MADE A PAIR OF CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS AND I'M ASKING HOW YOU COULD DO THAT KNOWINGLY AND HONESTLY VILE RETORTED
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