"
Well, Jane had come through all right. A little too direct
for comfort but then, she hadn't the gift of subtlety that he,
Henry, had acquired. At any rate, Lyle was well prepared and
the gates opened and the Ian story poured forth. How hard he
had worked at the course. What it had cost him in research
time and time away from loved ones.
In answer to further questions from Jane, he covered everything.
All the trips to the dean's office in Ian's behalf. He emphasized
that the disparaging student critiques suddenly got better when Trenchant
was no longer in the course.
Over and over, he stressed that it was all the faultfinding
SmurFFs that were coming in that were the problem. What was
the reason for it?
He, Lyle, felt that Ian was doing a fine job. Well, the situation
had caused them many a sleepless night. And on and on. . .
Several times Jane tried with her questions to bring Lyle back
to saying how the SmurFFs in question, the ones he thought Diana
had written, hurt Ian. Henry had impressed on her that it was
important that Lyle be given the opportunity to link the harm
caused by Trenchant to Ian as well as Randy.
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