Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           ItwastheTeacher,andhesmiledsheepishly.

           AloneintheroomwithGoldsberryandthewriter,theTeacherspokeofhistreatmentatLimaduringthepastweek.Dr.Lindner,theclinicaldirector,haddiagnosedhimasapseudo-psychopathicschizophrenic,andheprescribedStelazine,oneofthepsychotropicdrugsinthesamefamilyasThorazine,thedrugthatmadethesplittingsomuchworse.

           Theytalkeduntilthebailiffinformedthemthereferee,wasreadytobegin.GoldsberryandBillyaskedthatthewriterbeallowedtositatthetablewiththem,acrossfromAssistantAttorneyGeneralDavidBelinkyandhiswitnessforthestateofOhio,Dr.LewisLindner,athinmanwithapinchedface,metal-rimmedglassesandaVandykebeard.HelookedacrosstheroomatMilliganwithanundisguisedsneer.

           Afterseveralmoreminutesofconferencesbetweentheattorneysandthereferee,therefereemadethedecision—onthebasisoflawonly,withnotestimony—thatsinceJudgeJoneshadruledtheappropriateplaceforhospitalizationwasLimaStateHospital,andsincebytheendofNovemberMilliganwouldhavetherighttopresentevidenceathisninety-dayreview,thehearingwasmoot.ThecourtwoulddecideinsixweekswhetherornotMilliganwasstillmentallyill,andwhetherornottokeephimatLima.