“I’m afraid I’m going to have to leave at the end of the summer term,” Jim told the head of faculty.
“What? But you’ve only just got here. What about your research? No, you must stay.”
“I’m afraid I can’t be apart from my wife for such a long time. It isn’t working out in the way I had hoped.”
“Well, I can’t help telling you I feel disappointed and even a little deceived.”
“I’m sorry, I wanted it to work out, I really did.”
“What are you planning to do?”
“I’m hoping for something nearer to home. Lancaster or Leeds.”
“That explains a couple of conversations. Well, I have to admit I am not surprised. It always concerned me you might have your own interests at heart rather than those of the university, the region or your field of study.”
“I will have you know that my studies and the r
