“The Vice-President putative was now ready to face fate. Yet the Presidential script read otherwise. Finally the Cadillac entered the White House grounds by the South Gate, then rested by the helicopter pad and waited-for almost twenty more minutes. Exhausted, Humphrey fell asleep in the back seat - to be awakened by a gentle, but persistent knocking on the window pane of the car. Coming awake, he saw it was the President knocking. ‘Hubert, come on in,’ said the President. They walked in together...
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