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When this old body I'm wearing now was writing that book on the French Revolution, I was in Paris, watching it happen, from the fall of the Bastile to the Ninth Thermidor. I was in Basra, and saw that crazed tool of the Axis shoot down Khalid ib'n Hussein  and the professor talked about it a month before it happened. AND THIS OLD BODY I'M WEARING NOW WAS WRITING THAT BOOK ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION I WAS IN PARIS WATCHING IT HAPPEN FROM THE FALL OF THE BASTILLE TO THE INFRMIDOR I WAS IN BOSRUHE AND SAW THAT CRAZE TOOL OF THE AXES SHOOT DOWN HALIDA BEEN SAYING AND THE PROFESSOR TALKED ABOUT IT A MONTH BEFORE IT HAPPENED
t my signature, for you." 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." Chalmers sat erect in his chair. He knew where that was; on the other side of the mountains, in the one part of the state completely untouched by the H-bombs of the Thirty Days' War. Why, the town outside which the hospital stood had been a military headquarters during the period immediately after the bombings, and the center from which all the rescue work in the state had been directed. "And you thought you could commit me to Northern State!" he demanded, laughing scornfully, and this time he didn't try to make the laugh sound natural and unaffected. "You--confine _me_, anywhere? Confine a poor old history professor's body, yes, but that isn't me. I'm universal; I exist in all space-time.  A COMMITMENT FORM MADE OUT ALL BUT MY SIGNATURE FOR YOU 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 CHALMERS SAT ERECT IN HIS CHAIR HE KNEW WHERE THAT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE ONE PART OF THE STATE COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED BY THE H BONES OF A THIRTY DAYS WAR WHY THE TOWN OUTSIDE WHICH THE HOSPITAL STOOD HAD BEEN A MILITARY HEADQUARTERS DURING THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BOMBINGS AND THE CENTER FROM WHICH ALL THE RESCUE WORK IN THE STATE HAD BEEN DIRECTED AND YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD COMMIT ME TO NORTHERN STATE HE DEMANDED LAUGHING SCORNFULLY AND THIS TIME HE DIDN'T TRY TO MAKE THE LAUGH SOUND NATURAL AND UNAFFECTED YOU CONFINE ME ANYWHERE CONFINING POOR OLD HISTORY PROFESSOR'S BODY YES BUT THAT ISN'T ME I'M UNIVERSAL I EXIST IN ALL SPACE TIME
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