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Chapter 11

           Hehadrefusedandhadbeenputbeforeafiringsquadwithanumberofthevillagers.Butbyamiraclehehadnotbeenkilledoutright,andwassaved.ThiswasevidentlythestorySarantopouloshadtoldus.Intheopinionofmanyofthevillagers,andnaturallyofallthosewho’dhadrelativesmassacredintheGermanreprisal,heshouldhavedonewhattheyordered.Butthatwasallpast.Hehadbeenwrong,buttothehonorofGreece.However,hehadneversetfootinthevillageagain.ThenIdiscoveredsomethingsmall,butanomalous.IaskedseveralpeoplebesidesDemetriades,whohadbeenattheschoolonlyayear,whetherLeverrier,Mitford’spredecessor,orMitfordhimselfhadeverspokenaboutmeetingConchis.Theanswerwasalwaysnounderstandablyenough,itseemed,inLeverrier’scase,becausehewasveryreserved,"tooserious"asonemasterputit,tappinghishead.ItsohappenedthatthelastpersonIasked,overcoffeeinhisroom,wasthebiologymaster.KarazoglousaidinhisaromaticbrokenFrenchthathewassureLeverrierhadneverbeenthere,ashewouldhavetoldhim.He’dknownLeverrierratherbetterthantheothermasters;theyhadsharedacommoninterestinbotany.Herummagedaboutinachestofdrawers,andthenproducedaboxofsheetsofpaperwithdriedflowersthatLeverrierhadcollectedandmounted.Therewerelengthynotesinanadmirablyclearhandwritingandahighlytechnicalvocabulary,andhereandthereprofessional-lookingsketchesinIndiainkandwatercolor.

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