Chapter 3Brent
Things got busy after the Schumann concert. Much of Rae’s spare time was taken up with rehearsals for the faculty string quartet recital scheduled for early January. We were all busy getting ready for term papers and final exams, which came the week before Christmas.
When I found out the Theater Department was doing Ibsen’s Enemy of the People, I reserved two tickets for the Friday night performance. Gabe had called to congratulate me the day after the Schumann concert, but I had seen him only in passing for the last couple of weeks. When I called B & G I was told he was out on campus somewhere and they’d have him get back to me. When I returned to my office after my next class, he was waiting by my office door.
“You could have gone on in,” I said. “I know you have a mast
