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"Yes," he said finally. "Very great fear, I believe." Doctor Lauler glanced quickly at David and then looked away. "I see," he nodded. "Of course the walling off of a part of the past you said a part ?" "Practically all of it. I'll tell you about that later. What about the walling off?" "It is generally the result of what we call the protective mechanism of fear.
Lauler had warned him against shocks and trouble, and looking back David could see the gradually accumulating pressure against that mental wall of Dick's subconscious building; overwork and David's illness, his love affair and Jim Wheeler's tragedy, and coming on top of that, in some way he had not yet learned, the knowledge that he was Judson Clark and a fugitive from the law.
For all of his childhood, and for the last ten years, Dick's mental habits had been right; his environment had been love, his teaching responsibility. Even if the door opened, then, there was only the evil thinking of two or three reckless years to combat, and the door might never open. Happiness, Lauler had said, would keep it closed, and Dick was happy.
It was there that suggestion was used, so that such memories as came back were, well, the patient adapted them to fit what he was told." Again Doctor Lauler shot a swift glance at David, and looked away. "An interesting experiment," he commented. "It must have taken courage." "A justifiable experiment," David affirmed stoutly. "And it took courage. Yes." David got up and reached for his hat.
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