The Gate of Angels
“He looked, as he had been doing for some time, at the sheet of paper, on which the motto Estoy in mis trece was stamped in pale red. Underneath that, Dear Miss Saunders. It was now too late to write what he had intended to say, and he turned out the lamp, put on his Burberry and went down and out again to liberate his bicycle from the terribly cramped conditions of the shed.
The university societies held their meetings in various colleges, but never in St Angelicus. The Disobligers met in the H...on Secretary’s Rooms, wherever they happened to be, and Skippey’s rooms were in Jesus, where he tutored in experimental physics. Skippey was loved for his anxiety. His concern for details—not only physical ones, but for the least shade of feeling or lack of feeling—made others, by comparison, feel calm. And there were moments during these evenings when Skippey was an exceptionally happy man, because, for a short time at least, nothing could be seen to be going wrong, and no-one, to all appearances, was dissatisfied.MoreLess
The university societies held their meetings in various colleges, but never in St Angelicus. The Disobligers met in the H...on Secretary’s Rooms, wherever they happened to be, and Skippey’s rooms were in Jesus, where he tutored in experimental physics. Skippey was loved for his anxiety. His concern for details—not only physical ones, but for the least shade of feeling or lack of feeling—made others, by comparison, feel calm. And there were moments during these evenings when Skippey was an exceptionally happy man, because, for a short time at least, nothing could be seen to be going wrong, and no-one, to all appearances, was dissatisfied.MoreLess
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