Chapter 9The interim chairmanship of the English Department, which George Wren had assumed after the death of Bowman Quinn, was renewed year after year until all the members of the department became accustomed to a casual anarchy in which somehow classes were planned and taught in which it new staffing's were made, in which the trivial departmental details were somehow settled and in which???? year somehow a year followed. It was generally believed that a permanent chairman would be appointed as soon as it were possible to make Wren Dean of Arts and Sciences, a position he did in fact, albeit not hold, hold; Josiah Claremont threatened never to die, though he was rarely seen wandering the halls anymore.
The members of the department went their separate ways, teaching the classes they had
