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Handley, the head of the Latin Department, greeted him with a distantly polite nod. Pompous old owl; regarded himself, for some reason, as a sort of unofficial Dean of the Faculty. Probably didn't want to be seen fraternizing with controversial characters. HANDLEY THE HEAD OF THE LATIN DEPARTMENT GREETED HIM WITH A DISTANTLY POLITE NOD POMPASODAO REGARDED HIMSELF FOR SOME REASON AS A SORT OF UNOFFICIAL DEAN OF THE FACULTY PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE SEEN FRATERNIZING WITH CONTROVERSIAL CHARACTERS
ation when the general war came. There were some notes on that already; the war would result from an attempt by the Indian Communists to seize East Pakistan. The trouble was that he so seldom "remembered" an exact date. His "memory" of the year of Khalid's assassination was an exception. Nineteen seventy-three--why, that was this year. He looked at the calendar. October 16, 1973. At very most, the Arab statesman had two and a half months to live. Would there be any possible way in which he could give a credible warning? He doubted it. Even if there were, he questioned whether he should--for that matter, whether he _could_--interfere.... * * * * * He always lunched at the Faculty Club; today was no time to call attention to himself by breaking an established routine. As he entered, trying to avoid either a furtive slink or a chip-on-shoulder swagger, the crowd in the lobby stopped talking abruptly, then began again on an obviously changed subject. The word had gotten around, apparently. NTO THE TERRAN FEDERATION WHEN THE GENERAL WAR CAME THERE WERE SOME NOTES ON THAT ALREADY THE WAR WOULD RESULT FROM AN ATTEMPT BY THE INDIAN COMMUNISTS TO SEIZE EAST PECASAN THE TROUBLE WAS THAT HE SO SELDOM REMEMBERED AN EXACT DATE HIS MEMORY OF THE YEAR OF KALID'S ASSASSINATION WAS AN EXCEPTION NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE WHY THAT WAS THIS YEAR HE LOOKED AT THE CALENDAR OCTOBER SIXTEENTH NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE AT THE VERY MOST THE ARAB STATESMAN HAD TWO AND A HALF MONTHS TO LIVE WOULD THERE BE ANY POSSIBLE WAY IN WHICH HE COULD GIVE A CREDIBLE WARNING HE DOUBTED EVEN IF THERE WERE HE QUESTIONED WHETHER HE SHOULD FOR THAT MATTER WHETHER HE COULD INTERFERE HE ALWAYS LUNCHED AT THE FACULTY CLUB TO DAY WAS NO TIME TO CALL ATTENTION TO HIMSELF BY BREAKING AN ESTABLISHED ROUTINE AS HE ENTERED TRYING TO AVOID EITHER A FURTIVE SLINK OR A CHIP ON A SHOULDER SWAGGER THE CROWD IN THE LOBBY STOPPED TALKING ABRUPTLY THEN BEGAN AGAIN ON AN OBVIOUSLY CHANGED SUBJECT THE WORD HAD GOTTEN AROUND APPARENTLY
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