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"When did all this happen?" one of the trustees demanded. Pottgeiter started to explain; Chalmers realized, sickly, how much of his future history he had poured into the trusting ear of the old medievalist, the day before. WHEN DID ALL THIS HAPPEN ONE OF THE TRUSTEES DEMANDED POTTGEITER STARTED TO EXPLAIN CHALMERS REALIZED SICKLY HOW MUCH OF HIS FUTURE HISTORY HE HAD POURED INTO THE TRUSTING EAR OF THE OLD MEDIAEVALIST THE DAY BEFORE
Weill. "Didn't you say you had to go to Reno in a day or so?" he asked. Weill hushed him urgently, pointing with his free hand to the recorder. The exchange prevented him from noticing that Max Pottgeiter had risen, until the old man was speaking. "Are you trying to tell these people that Professor Chalmers is crazy?" he was demanding. "Why, he has one of the best minds on the campus. I was talking to him only yesterday, in the back room at the Library. You know," he went on apologetically, "my subject is Medieval History; I don't pay much attention to what's going on in the contemporary world, and I didn't understand, really, what all this excitement was about. But he explained the whole thing to me, and did it in terms that I could grasp, drawing some excellent parallels with the Byzantine Empire and the Crusades. All about the revolt at Damascus, and the sack of Beirut, and the war between Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and how the Turkish army intervened, and the invasion of Pakistan.... ON OF HALID IBNOSAIN HE TURNED QUICKLY TO VILE DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU HAD TO GO TO RENO IN A DAY OR SO HE ASKED VIIL HUSHED HIM URGENTLY POINTING WITH HIS FREE HAND TO THE REPORTER THE EXCHANGE PREVENTED HIM FROM NOTICING THAT MAX POTTGEITER HAD RISEN UNTIL THE OLD MAN WAS SPEAKING ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL THESE PEOPLE THAT PROFESSOR CHALMERS IS CRAZY HE WAS DEMANDING WHY HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST MINDS ON THE CANVAS I WAS TALKING TO HIM ONLY YESTERDAY IN THE BACK ROOM AT THE LIBRARY YOU KNOW HE WENT ON APOLOGETICALLY MY SUBJECT IS MEDIAEVAL HISTORY I DON'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND REALLY WHAT ALL THIS EXCITEMENT WAS ABOUT BUT HE EXPLAINED THE WHOLE THING TO ME AND DID IT IN TERMS THAT I COULD GRASP DRAWING SOME EXCELLENT PARALLELS WITH THE BYZENTINE EMPIRE AND THE CRUSADES ALL ABOUT THE REVOLT AT DAMASCUS AND THE SACK OF BAYROUT THE WAR BETWEEN JORDAN AND SODIA ARABIA AND HOW THE TURKISH ARMY INTERVENED AND THE INVASION OF PACISTAN
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