Chapter 5

           WhatAlisonwasnottoknowsinceIhardlyrealizeditmyselfwasthatIhadbeendeceivingherwithanotherwomanduringthelatterpartofSeptember.ThewomanwasGreece.EvenifIhadfailedtheboardIshouldhavegonethere.IneverstudiedGreekatschool,andmyknowledgeofmodernGreecebeganandendedwithByron’sdeathatMissolonghi.YetitneededonlytheseedoftheideaofGreece,thatmorningintheBritishCouncil.Itwasasifsomeonehadhitonabrilliantsolutionwhenallseemedlost.Greecewhyhadn’tIthoughtofitbefore?Itsoundedsogood:"I’mgoingtoGreece."IknewnoonethiswaslongbeforethenewMedes,thetourists,invadedwhohadbeenthere.IgotholdofallthebooksIcouldfindonthecountry.ItastoundedmehowlittleIknewaboutit.Ireadandread;andIwaslikeamedievalking,IhadfalleninlovewiththepicturelongbeforeIsawthereality.

           Itseemedalmostasecondarything,bythetimeIleft,thatIwantedtoescapefromEngland.IthoughtofAlisononlyintermsofmygoingtoGreece.WhenIlovedher,Ithoughtofbeingtherewithher;whenIdidn’t,thenIwastherewithouther.Shehadnochance.

           IreceivedacablefromtheSchoolBoardconfirmingmyappointment,andthenbypostacontracttosignandacourteousletterinatrociousEnglishfrommynewheadmaster.MissSpencer-HaighproducedthenameandaddressinNorthumberlandofamanwhohadbeenattheschooltheyearbefore.Hehadn’tbeenappointedbytheBritishCouncil,soshecouldtellmenothingabouthim.

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