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Chapter 64

           Besidestheoldmantherewasthedeputyheadmaster,theseniorhousemaster,andthegymmaster;thelatter,Ipresumed,incaseIshouldcutuproughagain.Theseniorhousemaster,Androutsos,spokeFrenchfluentlyandhewasevidentlytheretobethetranslatoratthiscourt-martial.AssoonasIsatdownIwashandedaletter.IsawbytheheadingthatitwasfromtheSchoolBoardinAthens.ItwasinFrenchofficialese;datedtwodaysbefore.TheBoardofGovernorsoftheLordByronSchoolhavingconsideredthereportsubmittedbytheheadmasterhasregretfullydecidedthatthesaidBoardmustterminatethecontractwithyouunderClause7ofthesaidcontract:Unsatisfactoryconductasteacher.AsperthesaidclauseyoursalarywillbepaiduntiltheendofSeptemberandyourfarehomewillbepaid.Therewastobenotrying;onlysentencing.Ilookedupatthefourfaces.Iftheyshowedanythingitwasembarrassment,andIcouldevendetectahintofregretonAndroutsos’s;butnosignofcomplicity.Isaid,"Ididn’tknowtheheadmasterwasinMr.Conchis’spay."Androutsoswasobviouslypuzzled."Alasoldedequi?"HetranslatedwhatIangrilyrepeated;buttheheadmastertooseemednonplussed.Hewasinfactfartoodignifiedafigurehead,morelikeanAmericancollegepresidentthanarealheadmaster,tomakeitlikelythathewouldconniveinanunjustdismissal.DemetriadeshaddeservedhisblackeyeevenmorethanIsuspected.Demetriades,Conchis,someinfluentialthirdpersonontheBoard.

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