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My wife was wishing you'd come around, but I know how it is. Some other evening?" "Yes, indeed." He guided Fitch toward the dining room door and nodded toward a table. "This doesn't look too crowded; let's sit here." After lunch, he stopped in at his office. Marjorie Fenner was there, taking dictation from Pottgeiter; she nodded to him as he entered, but she had no summons to the president's office. MY WIFE WAS WISHING YOU'D COME AROUND BUT I KNOW HOW IT IS SOME OTHER EVENING YES INDEED HE GUIDED FITCH TOWARD THE DINING ROOM DOOR AND NODDED TOWARD A TABLE THIS DOESN'T LOOK TOO CROWDED LET'S SIT HERE AFTER LUNCH HE STOPPED IN AT HIS OFFICE MARJORIE FENNER WAS THERE TAKING DICTATION FROM POTGEITER SHE NODDED TO HIM AS HE ENTERED BUT SHE HAD NO SUMMONS TO THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
ys lunched at the Faculty Club; today was no time to call attention to himself by breaking an established routine. As he entered, trying to avoid either a furtive slink or a chip-on-shoulder swagger, the crowd in the lobby stopped talking abruptly, then began again on an obviously changed subject. The word had gotten around, apparently. Handley, the head of the Latin Department, greeted him with a distantly polite nod. Pompous old owl; regarded himself, for some reason, as a sort of unofficial Dean of the Faculty. Probably didn't want to be seen fraternizing with controversial characters. One of the younger men, with a thin face and a mop of unruly hair, advanced to meet him as he came in, as cordial as Handley was remote. "Oh, hello, Ed!" he greeted, clapping a hand on Chalmers' shoulder. "I was hoping I'd run into you. Can you have dinner with us this evening?" He was sincere. "Well, thanks, Leonard. I'd like to, but I have a lot of work. Could you give me a rain-check?" "Oh, surely. HAT MATTER WHETHER HE COULD INTERFERE HE ALWAYS LUNCHED AT THE FACULTY CLUB TO DAY WAS NO TIME TO CALL ATTENTION TO HIMSELF BY BREAKING AN ESTABLISHED ROUTINE AS HE ENTERED TRYING TO AVOID EITHER A FURTIVE SLINK OR A CHIP ON A SHOULDER SWAGGER THE CROWD IN THE LOBBY STOPPED TALKING ABRUPTLY THEN BEGAN AGAIN ON AN OBVIOUSLY CHANGED SUBJECT THE WORD HAD GOTTEN AROUND APPARENTLY HANDLEY THE HEAD OF THE LATIN DEPARTMENT GREETED HIM WITH A DISTANTLY POLITE NOD POMPASODAO REGARDED HIMSELF FOR SOME REASON AS A SORT OF UNOFFICIAL DEAN OF THE FACULTY PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE SEEN FRATERNIZING WITH CONTROVERSIAL CHARACTERS ONE OF THE YOUNGER MEN WITH A THIN FACE AND A MOP OF UNRULY HAIR ADVANCED TO MEET HIM AS HE CAME IN HIS CORDIAL AS HANDLEY WAS REMOTE OH HELLO ADD HE GREETED CLAMPING A HAND ON CHALMERS SHOULDER I WAS HOPING I'D RUN INTO YOU CAN YOU HAVE DINNER WITH US THIS EVENING HE WAS SINCERE WELL THANKS LEONARD I'D LIKE TO BUT I HAVE A LOT OF WORK COULD YOU GIVE ME A RAINCHACK OH SURELY
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