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It’s odd to see the nize Carl, the chief engineer, in his leather jacket and jeans (and old neck chains) Head housekeeper Julio and his nephew Manuel are alnizable in sports coats and ties Apparently they went ho back

And Pete, out of his security uniform, looks like any other father of five…harried, rumpled, and anxious about what the kids are up to back ho, "No, you have to take thehettiOs still in the can No, you can’t No, you--See? What did I tell you? Why don’t you listen to Daddy?"

"This," I say, coht white jeans and a gold lamé sweater (the school colors), "sucks"

But there are bright spots of color in each of Magda’s cheeks…and not the painted-on kind, either

"I’h," she says excitedly, "than co the day!"

It’s true that the dinner hour is the hly attended meal of the day at Fischer Hall And it looks as if the president’s decision to set an exa a tray to the hot food line and choosing the turkey with gravy, has had an i over their skittishness about eating in Death Dorm

Or maybe they just want to see the president’s expression when he takes a bite of the caf’s (in) fariore is following hiood idea?" she asks, looking at everyone rab forks and knives "This shows that you all have soin"

"Apparently nobody told her attendance is mandatory," Tom whispers tome?" I whisper back "This had to have been all her idea You think the president calances over his shoulder back at Dr Kilgore She’s at the salad bar, checking out her lettuce options (iceberg and…iceberg) "Evil," Tom says, with a shudder

We’re joined, a second later, by a panting Sarah "Thanks for telling me," she says sarcastically to Tom, as she slides her empty tray next to his

"Sarah," Tom says, "this is just for full-tiht," Sarah says "Because we’re second-class citizens? We don’t get to share in the therapeutic benefits of bonding together over shared pain? Was that Kilgore’s idea? Excluding the student workers? God, that is so typical of a Freudian--"

"Shut up," Tom says, "and eat"

We find a table at e consider a safe distance froton catches us

"Over here," he says, waving to Tom "Come sit over here by us, Scott"

"To, sir"

"Right, right," the president says, and beside him, Dr Jessup--who clearly felt it iton’s plan and was attending both the dinner and game with the Fischer Hall staff--points out, "Tom’s the director of Fischer Hall, Phillip"