Chapter 3
Washington, DC
Georgetown University
15 November 2010
Ian
I ARRIVED AT my office half an hour earlier than usual on Monday, and the first thing I did was send an e-mail to my department head requesting an urgent meeting. Then I settled down to make final preparations for my morning classes. When I returned to my office at eleven, morning classes over, there was a reply waiting for me—Dr. Jarvis would be happy to see me after my two o’clock class. So when that class was over, I stopped by my office long enough to leave my briefcase on my desk and went to keep my appointment.
“Come in, Dr. Sanderson, and have a seat,” Dr. Jarvis said when I knocked on his open door.
I closed the door behind me and walked over to his desk. He stood long enough to shake my hand, and we both sa
