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Show -174-- built back her strenth. She xoas being kept under sedation, and she would undoubtedly sleep most of the day. His wife had decided to stay at home and tidy up the house. He excused himself and went to the public phone just outside the entrance to the bar. His wife told him there had been no change since he had left.: He told her briefly what had happened - was happening - on campus. Even though he told her in a less dramatic fashion than he would have done earlier, she was upset? "Why don't you come right home?" she asked him. He said he would. As he took leave of his colleagues in the bar, he told the Senator that he thought it probably was time he joined the Teachers Union. "Is there a form or something I should sign?" he asked. "I just happen to have one here," the Senator said, reaching Into his breast pocket. "It's probably already got your name on it. I've been carrying it for weeks." Driving home, the Professor turned on the radio as usual, but the news was just what he had already heard, confirming his colleague's story. He was upset at missing the conference with his student, even though he knew they could not have had a profitable meeting in the atmosphere of the campus. The student would get in touch with him, and they could set up another meeting. It began to rain again as he crossed the bridge, and he |