Chapter 10And he hadn't heard the last of it.
He submitted his grades on the Monday after the Friday close of the semester. This was his least favorite part of teaching, and he always got it out of the way as quickly as possible. He gave Stander his F and didn't think about it any further. He spent most of the week between the semesters reading the first drafts of two theses that were to be finally presented in the spring. They were clumsily made and required a lot of his attention. The Stander incident had been pushed out of his mind.
But two weeks into the second semester, he was reminded again. One morning he found a message in his mailbox from George Wren, inviting him to drop by the office for a chat if he wanted.
The friendship between George Wren and John Smith had reached a degr
