The Small Room
““Well,” he said, as he settled down in a big armchair, “I’m delighted to meet you people!”
A shrewd kindly face, that of a small-town banker, one might have guessed. He had actually been a Unitarian minister, had worked with the Service Committee in Germany after the war, and, Lucy remembered, had written a book about that experience. She disliked “good works,” and cared so little about politics that she sometimes failed to vote, so she had not read his book and did not intend to. Also she had ...sensed the college attitude, which was disdain of the administration in general. Still, Tillotson had done the right thing during the McCarthy business, and had had several terse exchanges with the local American Legion—about Hallie Summerson, no doubt. “We give him a C plus,” someone or other had said to Lucy not long ago, on the grounds that he had pretty well failed as a money raiser. He’s a nice guy, Lucy thought, even if he won’t take a martini. He had turned to Henry to ask how things were going.MoreLess
A shrewd kindly face, that of a small-town banker, one might have guessed. He had actually been a Unitarian minister, had worked with the Service Committee in Germany after the war, and, Lucy remembered, had written a book about that experience. She disliked “good works,” and cared so little about politics that she sometimes failed to vote, so she had not read his book and did not intend to. Also she had ...sensed the college attitude, which was disdain of the administration in general. Still, Tillotson had done the right thing during the McCarthy business, and had had several terse exchanges with the local American Legion—about Hallie Summerson, no doubt. “We give him a C plus,” someone or other had said to Lucy not long ago, on the grounds that he had pretty well failed as a money raiser. He’s a nice guy, Lucy thought, even if he won’t take a martini. He had turned to Henry to ask how things were going.MoreLess
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