He is back in America, back at Dartmouth now, sitting at his desk in his office. It is 5:30PM, the time when his London colleagues at QMUL would be leaving to go home and he has at least another half hour to go here. The library clock tower visible outside his window has chimes that ring the hour. He has not missed them.
The office looks ransacked by som…
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