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Show -332- naX,_.he asked about the older child, and was told she wanted to wait and greet him a t the apartment. Their automobile, an enclosed Jeep that they used to make camping t r i p into Colorado in the summer, was in the parking l o t , conspicuous among the more polished, chrome-lined, other cars. The Professor's son-in-law dropped the Professor's single bag into the xrell behind the back seat. His daughter and granddaughter took seats in the rear, while the Professor sat in front for the drive into the city. His Son-in-lavr, as he started up and maneuvered out of the l o t , told the Professor that they planned to have lunch at a cafe near the school before the r e c i t a l. "I hope t h a t ' s okay with you," he said. The Professor said it was. Their route into the city took them pretty much in the direction the bus had taken the night of the Professor's ride ±nx±liExiJHS to the hotel, but as they reached the loop, The Son-in-law made a point of driving past points of p a r t i cular i n t e r e s t to him. He pointed out the twin toxrers that had been constructed beside the Chicago Biver, he drove past the Picasso statue that had been erected near City Hall, and he called a t t e n t i o n to various buildings that had been constructed by famous a r c h i t e c t s during the period that he called Chicago's a r c h i t e c t u r a l renaissance. They wound up on Michigan Boulevard and turned into a parking garage that seemed to the Professor to l i e below the |