Chapter 64

           Whetheritwasinthenatureofmynature,orinthatofwhateverCone-methodoptimismConchishadpumpedintomeduringmylastlongsleep,Igotprogressivelymoroserasthedaydawned.IwaswellawarethatIhadnoevidenceandnowitnessestopresentinsupportofthetruth;andsuchafirmbelieverinlogisticsasConchiswouldnothavelefthislineofretreatunorganized.HemustknowthathisimmediateriskwasthatIshouldgotothepolice;inwhichcasehismovewasobvious.Iguessedthatbynowheandallthe"cast"hadleftGreece.Therewouldbenoonetoquestion,exceptpeoplelikeHermes,whowasprobablyevenmoreinnocentthanIsuspected;thehotelclerk,whowouldbebribed;andPatarescu,whowouldadmitnothing.TheonlyrealwitnesswasDemetriades;Icouldneverforceaconfessionoutofhim,ButIrememberedhissweetinnocence,hisindifferenceatthebeginning;Hermes’sappearingsoopportunely.AndIwantedsomesortofphysicalrevengeonsomeone;IalsowantedthewholeschooltoknowIwasangry.Ididn’tgotothefirstlesson,reservingmyspectacularre-entryintoschoollifetillbreakfast.WhenIappearedtherewasthesuddensilenceyougetwhenyouthrowastoneintoapoolofcroakingfrogs;anabrupthush,thenthegradualresumptionofnoise.Someoftheboysweregrinning.TheothermastersstaredatmeasifIhadcommittedthefinalcrime.IcouldseeDemetriadesonthefarsideoftheroom.Iwalkedstraighttowardshim,tooquicklyforhimtoact.

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