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mention the manuscript or the university unless he was asked.
It didnтАЩt do to get oneтАЩs hosts in trouble, after all.
He reached the police on the third try. тАЬHello?тАЭ he said.
тАЬHello, does anyone there speak English?тАЭ
тАЬHello?тАЭ someone said. тАЬYes, I would receive enormous
pleasure to practice my English with you. Please continue,
please.тАЭ
Mitchell sighed. Another damn intellectual, though what he
was doing working with the police Mitchell couldnтАЩt imagine.
тАЬMy house was broken into last night. I called the
policeтАФcalled youтАФlast night and someone promised to come,
but no one did.тАЭ
 тАЬAh,тАЭ the man at the other end said. тАЬAnd what was taken
during this breaking-in?тАЭ
тАЬWell, I donтАЩt think anything was, butтАФтАЭ
тАЬWell you see, that is why we did not come,тАЭ the man said.
тАЬIf there was nothing taken, then it is not a crime, and if it is
not a crime, then we do not come. You see?тАЭ
тАЬYou meanтАФyou mean breaking and entering isnтАЩt a crime?тАЭ
Mitchell asked. тАЬMy mattress was cut open, my things were
thrown all around the room, but thatтАЩs okay?тАЭ
тАЬYes, exactly, sor,тАЭ the man said.
тАЬBut what if they come back?тАЭ Mitchell said. тАЬWhat if they
were looking for something, and they come back because they
didnтАЩt find it?тАЭ
тАЬAh, тАЭ the man said, тАЬthen it becomes a matter for the
police. Then you call us, sor.тАЭ
тАЬBut donтАЩt you want toтАФto take fingerprints or something?
Check the locks?тАЭ
тАЬI donтАЩt know how you do these things in America, sor,тАЭ the
man said. тАЬBut we do it differently here. You must try to be
tolerant of other customs.тАЭ
Even through his anger Mitchell recognized the ironyтАФa
policeman telling a professor of anthropology to be tolerant of
other customs. тАЬWell, what about last night?тАЭ he asked. тАЬWhen
the policeman I talked to promised to come to the house? You
mean he had no intention of coming over?тАЭ
тАЬThat is precisely what I do mean, sor,тАЭ the man said. тАЬNo
intention whatsoever.тАЭ
тАЬBut why the hellтАФwhy did he say heтАЩd come?тАЭ
тАЬAh, well, this is Amaz, sor,тАЭ the man said. тАЬYou must be
tolerantтАФтАЭ
Mitchell swore and hung up. Now that he thought about it,
he realized that heтАЩd probably been too distraught to give the
man heтАЩd talked to last night an address. No, he definitely
hadnтАЩt given him the address, because he didnтАЩt even know
what the address was. Whenever heтАЩd sent Dr. Tamir a letter
heтАЩd had to write a whole series of complex instructions on the
front of the envelope, instructions that seemed to be directions
from the post office to the house. He had no idea how anyone