Lindsey Graham
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Military Academy.
After a long, freezing morning of guard duty, you walk into the cramped, sparsely furnished quarters you share with two of your fellow cadets.
You're greeted by the sight of your roommate, Edgar Allan Poe, lying in bed, scribbling feverishly in a notebook.
You shrug off your coat and sit down on your own bed to face him.
There you are.
Why didn't you report to guard duty this morning?
Major Roberts kept asking me where you were.
I didn't know what to say.
I was sick.
Poe doesn't look up from his notebook.
You shake your head.
What about yesterday?
You were nowhere to be seen at roll call.
You failed to attend church.
You seemed perfectly healthy then.
Poe points to the books scattered across his bed.
I was occupied.
With what?
You can't simply neglect your duties whenever you feel like it.
I had more important work to do.