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Show -299- she had always been gentle with the grandchildren, bu£ they had always^she would protect them if they were in danger, and now they knew she would? He was glad she had not had to do anything more than growl today? When the time approached for the newscast, the Professor made himself a pitcher of martinis and carried i t into the T?V. room; When the commercials came on? he called to his wife, and she came in? wiping her hands on her apron; and joined him? "I wonder if t h e y ' l l show the march," he said. "There were cameras a l l over the place?" The news came on? and the s t r i k e was the lead story; They did show the march; and the Professor got a brief glimpse of himself? looking not a t a l l the way he imagined he looked, shuffling along in the cold? Mostly, they showed the interviews with the officers? Then they switched to Sacramento and an interview with the Governor? whose cheek muscles twitched than usual even more violently/as he called the s t r i k e r s cry-babies; in-grates? and law-breakers? A San Francisco member of the Board of Trustees was more moderate. He said a meeting had been called for the next day? when he meant to propose that the Board set up a committee to meet xrith the s t r i k e r s to determine what exactly t h e i r grievances were. "As if they don't know?" the Professor muttered? The news switched to Viet Nam, and he got up and changed the channel to the educational station? but their news had not come on yet? He turned back? and as he did, the phone rang? |
