Chapter 10
Maurice stared at the fading green of the campus lawn, dotted with fallen brown leaves. The year was nearing its end ... he tried to recapitulate what he had gained since last New Year's Eve.
He trudged along a row of dead flowers near a hedge that -rimmed the side yard. What have I accomplished? I worked and lectured and graded papers until my eyes bulged. In fact he knew the same process had been going on for a quarter-century and it was certainly time for him to change the pace. Everyone deserved a bit of fun. Maurice was glad that he had gotten emotionally close to these kids even though it meant seduction and now a sad, trying moment with Korin.
The purity of the white clouds framed her as she stood dejectedly before him on the knoll, her young curves out-lined above
