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"For how long, I don't know. Maybe a year or so." "You mean to Northern State Mental?" "Well.... Yes, Professor. You've had a bad crack up. I don't suppose you realize how bad. FOR HOW LONG I DON'T KNOW MAYBE A YEAR OR SO HE MEANS A NORTHERN STATE MENTAL WELL YES PROFESSOR YOU'VE HAD A BAD CRACK UP I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU REALIZE HOW BAD
didn't try to make the laugh sound natural and unaffected. "You--confine _me_, anywhere? Confine a poor old history professor's body, yes, but that isn't me. I'm universal; I exist in all space-time. When this old body I'm wearing now was writing that book on the French Revolution, I was in Paris, watching it happen, from the fall of the Bastile to the Ninth Thermidor. I was in Basra, and saw that crazed tool of the Axis shoot down Khalid ib'n Hussein--and the professor talked about it a month before it happened. I have seen empires rise and stretch from star to star across the Galaxy, and crumble and fall. I have seen...." Doctor Hauserman had gotten his pen out of his pocket and was signing the commitment form with one hand; with the other, he pressed a button on the desk. A door at the rear opened, and a large young man in a white jacket entered. "You'll have to go away for a while, Professor," Hauserman was telling him, much later, after he had allowed himself to become calm again. E DEMANDED LAUGHING SCORNFULLY AND THIS TIME HE DIDN'T TRY TO MAKE THE LAUGH SOUND NATURAL AND UNAFFECTED YOU CONFINE ME ANYWHERE CONFINING POOR OLD HISTORY PROFESSOR'S BODY YES BUT THAT ISN'T ME I'M UNIVERSAL I EXIST IN ALL SPACE TIME AND THIS OLD BODY I'M WEARING NOW WAS WRITING THAT BOOK ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION I WAS IN PARIS WATCHING IT HAPPEN FROM THE FALL OF THE BASTILLE TO THE INFRMIDOR I WAS IN BOSRUHE AND SAW THAT CRAZE TOOL OF THE AXES SHOOT DOWN HALIDA BEEN SAYING AND THE PROFESSOR TALKED ABOUT IT A MONTH BEFORE IT HAPPENED I HAVE SEEN EMPIRES RISE AND STRETCH FROM STAR TO STAR ACROSS THE GALAXY AND QUAMBLE AND FALL I HAVE SEEN DOCTOR AZERMAN HAD GOTTEN HIS PEN OUT OF HIS POCKET AND WAS SIGNING THE COMMITMENT FORM WITH ONE HAND WITH THE OTHER HE PRESSED A BUTTON ON THE DESK A DOOR AT THE REAR OPENED AND A LARGE YOUNG MAN IN A WHITE JACKET ENTERED YOU'LL HAVE TO GO AWAY FOR A WHILE PROFESSOR AZERMAN WAS TELLING HIM MUCH LATER AFTER HE HAD ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BECOME CALM AGAIN
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