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Eventually, the period bell rang. Pottgeiter looked at his watch, as from conditioned reflex, and then rose, saying that he had a class and excusing himself. He would have carried his cigar with him if Chalmers hadn't taken it away from him. EVENTUALLY THE PERIOD BELL RANG POTTGEITER LOOKED AT HIS WATCH AS FROM CONDITIONED REFLECTS AND THEN ROSE SAYING THAT HE HAD A CLASS AND EXCUSING HIMSELF HE WOULD HAVE CARRIED A CIGAR WITH HIM IF CHALMERS HADN'T TAKEN IT AWAY FROM HIM
h, hello, Chalmers. What the deuce is going on around here? Has everybody gone suddenly crazy?" he asked. "Well, they seem to think I have," he said bitterly. "They do? Stupid of them. What's all this about some Arab being shot? I didn't know there were any Arabs around here." "Not here. At Basra." He told Pottgeiter what had happened. "Well! I'm sorry to hear about that," the old man said. "I have a friend at Southern California, Bellingham, who knew Khalid very well. Was in the Middle East doing some research on the Byzantine Empire; Khalid was most helpful. Bellingham was quite impressed by him; said he was a wonderful man, and a fine scholar. Why would anybody want to kill a man like that?" He explained in general terms. Pottgeiter nodded understandingly: assassination was a familiar feature of the medieval political landscape, too. Chalmers went on to elaborate. It was a relief to talk to somebody like Pottgeiter, who wasn't bothered by the present moment, but simply boycotted it. VER A BOOK THE MEDIAEVAL HISTORY PROFESSOR LOOKED UP OH HELLO CHALMERS WHAT THE DEUCE IS GOING ON AROUND HERE HAS EVERYONE GONE SUDDENLY CRAZY HE ASKED WELL THEY SEEM TO THINK I HAVE HE SAID BITTERLY THEY DO STUPID OF THEM WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT SOME ARAB BEING SHOT I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE ANY ARABS AROUND HERE NOT HERE AT BASRA HE TOLD POTGEITER WHAT HAD HAPPENED WELL I'M SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT THE OLD MAN SAID I HAVE A FRIEND AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BELLINGHAM WHO KNEW HALID VERY WELL WAS IN THE MIDDLE EAST DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE BISON EMPIRE HALIDE WAS MOST HELPFUL BELLINGHAM WAS QUITE IMPRESSED BY HIM SAID HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN AND A FINE SCHOLAR WHY WOULD ANYBODY WANT TO KILL A MAN LIKE THAT HE EXPLAINED IN GENERAL TERMS POTGEITER NODDED UNDERSTANDINGLY ASSASSINATION WAS A FAMILIAR FEATURE OF THE MEDIAEVAL POLITICAL LANDSCAPE TOO CHALMERS WENT ON TO ELABORATE IT WAS A RELIEF TO TALK TO SOMEBODY LIKE POTGEYTER WHO WASN'T BOTHERED BY THE PRESENT MOMENT BUT SIMPLY BOY COTTED IT
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