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Show -221- The Professor nodded. He didn't really want one, but he thought now not the best time to leave. All he wanted xas to get home. '. "I said i t once, and I ' l l say i t again," the seaman went on. "Them kids ought-a have t h e i r heads broke." The Professor didn't reply, nor did the bartender. He brought the Professor's second drink. Then he responded to a call from one of the t a b l e s . The Professor appeared to be examining the roxrs of bottles beloxr the back-bar. What he xas really doing xas xrondering xmat xrould have happened if he had told about today's incident. The students xrere not making it easy for him to defend them. The vision returned of t h e i r breaking in the glass door of the Administration Building. He saxr again the young profes-sor, his back to the door, kicking o|.t the splinters of glass. Of course! The students hadn't done i t . They had been provoked by the professor. Provoked? Provocateur! Could i t be? It added up. The police withheld. The students provoked to violence. The police rush in and make arrests. >. Agent Provocateur! The only thing that didn't make sense xas the relation between the young professor and the local police. Hoxr could they have brought in a young man from the East? Wouldn't they have been more l i k e l y to find someone locally? But what if |
