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Chapter 64

           Asecretreport…TherewasaswiftconversationinGreekbetweentheheadmasterandhisdeputy.IheardthenameConchistwice,butIcouldn’tfollowwhattheysaid.Androutsoswastoldtotranslate."Theheadmasterdoesnotunderstandyourremark.""No?"Igrimacedmenacinglyattheoldman,butIwasalreadymorethanhalfpersuadedthathisincomprehensionwasgenuine.AtasignfromthevicemasterAndroutsosraisedasheetofpaperandreadfromit."Thefollowingcomplaintsweremadeagainstyou.One:youhavefailedtoenterthelifeoftheschool,absentingyourselfalmosteveryweekendduringthislastterm."Ibegantogrin."Two:youhavetwicebribedprefectstotakeyoursupervisionperiods."Thiswastrue,thoughthebriberyhadbeennoworsethanalettingthemoffcompositionstheyowedme.Demetriadeshadsuggestedit;andonlyhecouldhavereportedit."Three:youfailedtomarkyourexaminationpapers,amostseriousscholasticduty.Four:you"ButIhadhadenoughofthefarce.Istoodup.Theheadmasterspoke;apursedmouthinagraveoldface."Theheadmasteralsosays,"translatedAndroutsos,"thatyourinsaneassaultonacolleagueatbreakfastthismorninghasdoneirreparableharmtotherespecthehasalwaysentertainedforthelandofByronandShakespeare.""Jesus."Ilaughedoutloud,thenIwaggedmyfingeratAndroutsos.Thegymmastergotreadytospringatme."Nowlisten.Tellhimthis.IamgoingtoAthens.

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