and found—to their surprise—they quite
liked Pritchett. When King was finally
thrown in jail, a mysterious well-
dressed man—sent, legend had it, by
Pritchett himself—came the next day and
bailed him out. How can you be a martyr
if you get bailed out of jail the instant
you get there?
At one point, Pritchett moved into a
downtown motel so that he could be on
call should any violence erupt. In the
midst of a long negotiating session with
King, Pritchett was handed a telegram by
his secretary. As Pritchett recalled,
years later:
I...must have shown some concern