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Show -4- off. She appeared solemn and a little nervous, perhaps the result of the awkwardness of the greeting across the cheap slats of the barrier, perhaps; as she suggested later"; at the difficulty of finding parking in the vicinity of the dock; In either case; she seemed not her own natural; vivacious self7 Younger than the Professor»s wife; she was the member of the family they had always been most familiar with, beginning srtiihe time during the Depression, when she had been a student in the high school where the Professor began his teaching career^ later? when he had gone away to study for his Ph^D^; she had Joined them and studied as an undergraduate at the same university^ Still latex*; after her marriage", she had lived with them one winter in the Midwest while her husband was away in Europe as a soldier in Pattonfs army. For the past seven years;1 she had lived in CaliforniaV where her husband worked at a research institute near Stanford? The Professor?1 himself^ felt a little nervous and unnatural^ not at the meeting with his sister-in-law but at the impending confrontation with customs over his automobile? The presence of his new Mercedes on board the ship had brought him prestige^ though not of the kind he most prized;1 particularly when at the beginning of their voyage his dining room steward had come to their table and announced that he was bringing greetings from the Captain and an invitation to sit at his table? "Just for tonight?" the Professor had asked.' |