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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. 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
s, like the one in Indonesia, or the steady underground conflict of subversion and sabotage that had come to be called the Subwar. And with the United States already in possession of a powerful Lunar base.... He wished he could "remember" how events between the murder of Khalid and the Thirty Day's War had been spaced chronologically. Something of that had come to him, after the incident in Modern History IV, and he had driven it from his consciousness. * * * * * He didn't dare go home where the reporters would be sure to find him. He simply left the college, at the end of the school-day, and walked without conscious direction until darkness gathered. This morning, when he had seen the paper, 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.... TOMIC WAR WARS NOW WERE MARGINAL SKIRMISHES LIKE THE ONE IN INDONNESIAN BY THE STEADY UNDERGROUND CONFLICT OF SUBVERSION AND SAVAGE THAT HAD COME TO BE CALLED THE SUBWAR AND WITH THE UNITED STATES ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF A POWERFUL LUNAR BASE HE WISHED HE COULD REMEMBER HOW EVENTS BETWEEN THE MURDER OF KALEID AND A THIRTY DAYS WAR HAD BEEN SPACED CHRONOLOGICALLY SOMETHING OF THAT HAD COME TO HIM AFTER THE INCIDENTS IN MODERN HISTORY FOR AND HE HAD DRIVEN IT FROM HIS CONSCIOUSNESS HE DIDN'T DARE GO HOME WHERE THE REPORTERS WOULD BE SURE TO FIND HIM HE SIMPLY LEFT THE COLLEGE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY AND WALKED WITHOUT CONSCIOUS DIRECTION UNTIL DARKNESS GATHERED THIS MORNING WHEN 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
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