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He took it from his pocket and laid it on the desk. "The modern equivalent of the _lettre de cachet_, I suppose the author of a book on the French Revolution would call it. I was all ready to certify you as mentally unsound, and commit you to Northern State Mental Hospital." HE TOOK IT FROM HIS POCKET AND LAID IT ON THE DESK THE MODERN EQUIVALENT OF THE LETTRES DE CACHET I SUPPOSE THE AUTHOR OF A BOOK ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION WOULD CALL IT I WAS ALL READY TO CERTIFY YOU AS MENTALLY UNSOUND AND COMMIT YOU TO THE NORTHERN STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
nything can be expected. A good psychiatrist can never afford to forget how sharp and fine is the knife-edge." "The knife-edge!" The words startled him. He had been thinking, at that moment, of the knife-edge, slicing moment after moment relentlessly away from the future, into the past, at each slice coming closer and closer to the moment when the missiles of the Eastern Axis would fall. "I didn't know they still resorted to surgery, in mental cases," he added, trying to cover his break. "Oh, no; all that sort of thing is as irrevocably discarded as the whips and shackles of Bedlam. I meant another kind of knife-edge; the thin, almost invisible, line which separates sanity from non-sanity. From madness, to use a deplorable lay expression." Hauserman lit another cigarette. "Most minds are a lot closer to it than their owners suspect, too. In fact, Professor, I was so convinced that yours had passed over it that I brought with me a commitment form, made out all but my signature, for you. SSOR HE HASTENED TO ADD IN MY PROFESSION ANYTHING CAN BE EXPECTED THE GOOD PSYCHIATRIST CAN NEVER AFFORD TO FORGET HOW SHARP AND FINE IS THE KNIFE EDGE THE KNIFE EDGE THE WORDS STARTLED HIM HE HAD BEEN THINKING AT THE MOMENT OF THE KNIFE EDGE SLICING MOMENT AFTER MOMENT RELENTLESSLY AWAY FROM THE FUTURE INTO THE PAST AT EACH SLICE COMING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE MOMENT WHEN THE MISSILES OF THE EASTERN AXES WOULD FALL I DIDN'T KNOW THEY STILL RESORTED SURGERY IN MENTAL CASES HE ADDED TRYING TO COVER HIS BRAVE OH NO ALL THAT SORT OF THING IS AS IRREVOCABLY DISCARDED AS THE WHIPS AND SHACKLES OF BEDLAM I MEANT ANOTHER KIND OF KNIFE EDGE THE THIN ALMOST INVISIBLE LINE WHICH SEPARATES SANITY FROM NONSENITY FROM MADNESS TO USE A DEPLORABLE LAY EXPRESSION HOWSERMAN LIT ANOTHER CIGARETTE MOST MINES ARE A LOT CLOSER TO IT THAN THEIR OWNERS SUSPECT TOO IN FACT PROFESSOR I WAS SO CONVINCED THAT YOURS HAD PASSED OVER IT THAT I BROUGHT WITH ME A COMMITMENT FORM MADE OUT ALL BUT MY SIGNATURE FOR YOU
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