He made a conscious choice, when he left for the plaza, not to bring any of the psychology textbooks with him to read while waiting. Instead, since his normal life is planned by his secretaries down to the minute, he experiments with being late. As it happens, he walks into the plaza about a minute and a half late. He could have been later, but then this Arthur chap might have left.
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He made a conscious choice, when he left for the plaza, not to bring any of the psychology textbooks with him to read while waiting. Instead, since his normal life is planned by his secretaries down to the minute, he experiments with being late. As it happens, he walks into the plaza about a minute and a half late. He could have been later, but then this Arthur chap might have left.
Life is an adventure.]