Chapter 22 • Renaissance
The following week was the worst that autumn. There were two failed peacemaking attempts, one secret and the other official. The bad faith and ulterior motives of the British Government gave the Governor no leeway to do what it seemed he would have liked to do, and offer the Archbishop an acceptable plan for a settlement - a guarantee of self-determination, at least by some future date.
The headmaster of the Pancyprian Gymnasium appealed to parents and children to concentrate on their schoolwork. But it was no use. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the clashes continued, with arrests and injuries whose extent was evident to people living near the General Hospital. There was not much safety in the towns, but it paled into insignificance compared with the situatio
