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Including, maybe, the death of an obscure professor of Modern History named Edward Chalmers. INCLUDING MAYBE THE DEATH OF AN OBSCURE PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY NAMED EDWARD CHALMERS
to read the papers more, to keep track of the advancing knife-edge that divided what he might talk about from what he wasn't supposed to know, but each morning he seemed to have less and less time to get ready for work. "Well, look! Look at that!" She thrust the paper into his hands, still folded, the big, black headline where he could see it. KHALID IB'N HUSSEIN ASSASSINATED He glanced over the leading paragraphs. Leader of Islamic Caliphate shot to death in Basra ... leaving Parliament Building for his palace outside the city ... fanatic, identified as an Egyptian named Mohammed Noureed ... old American submachine-gun ... two guards killed and a third seriously wounded ... seized by infuriated mob and stoned to death on the spot.... For a moment, he felt guilt, until he realized that nothing he could have done could have altered the event. The death of Khalid ib'n Hussein, and all the millions of other deaths that would follow it, were fixed in the matrix of the space-time continuum. SKED AS HE ENTERED HE SHOOK HIS HEAD HE OUGHT TO READ THE PAPERS MORE TO KEEP TRACK OF THE ADVANCING KNIFE EDGE THAT DIVIDED WHAT HE MIGHT TALK ABOUT FROM WHAT HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO KNOW BUT EACH MORNING HE SEEMED TO HAVE LESS AND LESS TIME TO GET READY FOR WORK WELL LOOK LOOK AT THAT SHE THRUST THE PAPER INTO HIS HANDS STILL FOLDED THE BIG BLACK HEADLINE WHERE HE COULD SEE IT HALID IBN HOUSSAIN ASSASSINATED HE GLANCED OVER THE LEADING PARAGRAPHS LEADER OF ISLAMIC CALIPHATE SHOT TO DEATH IN BASRA LEAVING PARLIAMENT BUILDING FOR HIS PALACE OUTSIDE THE CITY FANATIC IDENTIFIED AS AN EGYPTIAN NAMED MOHAMMED NOUREED OLD AMERICAN SUBMACHINE GUN TWO GUARDS KILLED AND A THIRD SERIOUSLY WOUNDED SEIZED BY INFURIATED MOB AND STONE TO DEATH ON THE SPOT FOR A MOMENT HE FELT GILT UNTIL HE REALIZED THAT NOTHING HE COULD HAVE DONE COULD HAVE ALTERED THE EVENT THE DEATH OF KALID IBEN HOUSSAIN AND ALL THE MILLIONS OF OTHER THEATHS THAT WOULD FOLLOW IT WERE FIXED IN THE MATRIX OF THE SPACE TIME CONTINUUM
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