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There were some recent pictures of Khalid, including one taken as he left the plane on his return from Ankara. He watched, absorbed; it was all exactly as he had "remembered" a month ago. It gratified him to see that his future "memories" were reliable in detail as well as generality. THERE WERE SOME RECENT PICTURES OF HALIDE INCLUDING ONE TAKEN AS HE HAD LEFT THE PLAIN ON HIS RETURN FROM ANCARA HE WATCHED ABSORBED IT WAS ALL EXACTLY AS HE HAD REMEMBERED A MONTH AGO IT GRATIFIED HIM TO SEE THAT HIS FUTURE MEMORIES WERE RELIABLE IN DETAIL AS WELL AS GENERALITY
dio-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. 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: "... Basra, where Khalid ib'n Hussein was assassinated early this morning--early afternoon, local time. This is the scene of the crime; the body of the murderer has been removed, but you can still see the stones with which he was pelted to death by the mob...." A close-up of the square, still littered with torn-up paving-stones. A Caliphate army officer, displaying the weapon--it was an old M3, all right; Chalmers had used one of those things, himself, thirty years before, and he and his contemporaries had called it a "grease-gun. MME 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 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 BASRA WHERE KHALID IBEN HOUSSAIN WAS ASSASSINATED EARLY THIS MORNING EARLY AFTERNOON LOCAL TIME THIS IS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME THE BODY OF THE MURDERER HAS BEEN REMOVED BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THE STONES WITH WHICH HE WAS PELTED TO DEATH BY THE MOB A CLOSE UP OF THE SQUARE STILL LITTERED WITH TORN UP PAVING STONES A CALIPHATE ARMY OFFICER DISPLAYED THE WEAPON IT WAS AN ODE M THREE ALL RIGHT CHALMERS HAD USED ONE OF THOSE THINGS HIMSELF THIRTY YEARS BEFORE AND HE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES HAD CAUGHT IT A GREASE GUN
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