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He'd better not stay in, that evening; too much temptation to settle himself by the living room fire with his pipe and his notepad and indulge in the vice he had determined to renounce. HE'D BETTER NOT STAY IN THAT EVENING TOO MUCH TEMPTATION TO SETTLE HIMSELF BY THE LIVING ROOM FIRE WITH HIS PLOUGH HEAP AND HIS NOTE PED AND IN GEORGE IN THE VICE HE HAD DETERMINED TO RENOUNCE
himself a drink, and went to bed. Three hours later, still awake, he got up, and poured himself another, bigger, drink. Somehow, eventually, he fell asleep. * * * * * The next morning, he searched his desk and book-case in the office at school. He had never kept a diary; now he was wishing that he had. That might have contained something that would be evidence, one way or the other. All day, he vacillated between conviction of the reality of his future knowledge and resolution to have no more to do with it. Once he decided to destroy all the notes he had made, and thought of making a special study of some facet of history, and writing another book, to occupy his mind. After lunch, he found that more data on the period immediately before the Thirty Days' War was coming into his consciousness. He resolutely suppressed it, knowing as he did that it might never come to him again. That evening, too, he cooked dinner for himself at his apartment, and laid out his class-work for the next day. PAPER UNDRESSED PUT ON HIS PYJAMAS POURED HIMSELF A DRINK AND WENT TO BED THREE HOURS LATER STILL AWAKE HE GOT UP AND POURED HIMSELF ANOTHER BIGGER DRINK SOMEHOW EVENTUALLY HE FELL ASLEEP THE NEXT MORNING HE SEARCHED HIS DESK AND BOOKCASE IN THE OFFICE AT A SCHOOL HE HAD NEVER KEPT A DIARY NOW HE WAS WISHING THAT HE HAD THAT MIGHT HAVE CONTAINED SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EVIDENCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ALL DAY HE VACILLATED BETWEEN CONVICTION OF THE REALITY OF HIS FUTURE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOLUTION TO HAVE NO MORE TO DO WITH IT ONCE HE DECIDED TO DESTROY ALL THE NOTES HE HAD MADE AND THOUGHT OF MAKING A SPECIAL STUDY OF SOME FACTIVE HISTORY AND WRITING ANOTHER BOOK TO OCCUPY HIS MIND AFTER LUNCH HE FOUND THAT MORE DATA ON THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE THIRTY DAYS WAR WAS COMING INTO HIS CONSCIOUSNESS HE RESOLUTELY SUPPRESSED IT KNOWING AS HE DID THAT IT MIGHT NEVER COME TO HIM AGAIN THAT EVENING TOO HE COOKED DINNER FOR HIMSELF AT HIS APARTMENT AND LAID OUT HIS CLASS WORK FOR THE NEXT DAY
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